ALT tags

[wvmlt]

I used a simulaed spider on my site and got a message that many images ar missing "alt" tags. Where can I find them I went to my header, footr, infobox, etc. and changed the alt tags but ut still says the same thing.

[Guest]

give an example, and who's simulated spider did you use

[Guest]

Try using the http://validator.w3.org/ instead. It gives line numbers in the HTML. Then you just have to figure out what generates the HTML.

 

Hth,

Matt

[Guest]

Just a quick tip, you probably know this already but I thought I'd post it ;)

 

If you don't want a box to pop up when the mouse hovers over an image simply put:

ALT=""

 

Hope this helps ;)

[Guest]

If you don't want a box to pop up when the mouse hovers over an image simply put: 

ALT=""

There are several reasons not to do that:

 

1. It looks really stupid in text browsers like Lynx.

 

2. The blind can't see the image, but they can have the alt text read to them by their browser.

 

3. It may be illegal in some places and situations, see 2. In the US, there are laws about making facilities accessible to and usable by the disabled.

 

The recommended way to get that effect is to use title="" in the <img> tag. More explanation here. This avoids the three problems listed above, as the alt text can still be available when the image is not.

 

Hth,

Matt

[Guest]

:o Oops. I better make a few changes to my site ;)

 

Thanks for the info :)

[wvmlt]

:o me too cause I've been putting alt="" in. Since it's saying I've got 117 images missing the alt tag, I assumed it's my info box, etc. images because I don't have 117 items in my store. What kind of text do I put in for the info box headers?

[wvmlt]

Matt-

 

When I tried the validator I get this error message.

 

I was not able to extract a character encoding labeling from any of the valid sources for such information. Without encoding information it is impossible to validate the document. The sources I tried are: