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85 Comments on Alt Tags
Happy New Year Missy! George Tallabas told me about the importance of Alt tags and I went back and relabeled most of my posts. Great tip.
Missy...
I started using my alt tags a long time ago.
But I am not using mine for the same reason other member's use them.
I use mine to mouth off :)
Like this...
P.S. Now see. I'm cracking myself up here :)
TLW...ROAR!
Great information!
Condolonces on your loss.
Sorry to hear about your mother-in law. Take your time. Real Estate will be here when you get back :)
Nice post! I will begin using this..
great information thanks for sharing
Anne
Missy,
Condolences on your loss.
Thanks for sharing this information, Missy.
Kathy
Yes. Using the 'alt' attribute is very easy and, in my mind, a requirement. Just as clarification, 'alt' is not a tag, it's an attribute (of the HTML <img> tag). In fact, if your interested in your site being 508 compliant (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/), the 'alt' attribute is a requirement. Another important attribute is the 'title' attribute in your <a> tag. This will provide similar mouse-over description of your link.
For example (shameless plug to follow :-):
Another less important attribute to the <img> tag is the 'longdesc' attribute. Please see, http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/prop_img_longdesc.asp for more details on this attribute.
Here's a image with a link:
or in HTML,
<a href="http://www.classifiedflyerads.com" alt="Link to ClassifiedFlyerAds.com"><img src="http://www.classifiedflyerads.com/images/headerlogo.gif" alt="ClassifiedFlyerAds.com logo" longdesc="http://www.classifiedflyerads.com" /></a>
Sorry for the shameless plug :-)
Loved the information and enjoyed the "go blue" having been born and raised in A2 (Ann Arbor) and spending very fall saturday on the 50 yard line it brought back such lovely memories, I could hear the fight song!!
Karen Turney
Thank you.. I did not know what an "alt" tag was, although I am using them on photos in my A/R blogs. But now I need to remember that "alt" is not actually a "tag" but an attribute of of the html <img> tag. I think I need to get some rest now... I will learn all of this, I will learn all of this, I will, I will.
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