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How are 'alt tags' made? Robert Montgomery 03-25-2008
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Posted by Robert Montgomery on March 25, 2008, 10:02 pm
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 How are 'alt tags' made?

I checked in my computerized Dreamweaver guide.

It says, "An image placeholder is a graphic you use until final artwork
is ready to be added to a web page." That's not what I need, because all
of the final artwork is already on my site.

I tried inserting a placeholder next to an existing image on my site,
but the placeholder pushed my existing graphic to the left.

Robert

Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on March 25, 2008, 10:30 pm
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 Robert Montgomery wrote:

> How are 'alt tags' made?

<img src="filename.jpg" alt="Summer Vacation" title="My trip to the
Grand Canyon" width="640" height="480">

It's an attribute, not a tag.

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Posted by KarlCore on March 28, 2008, 3:33 pm
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On Mar 25, 10:30 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
> Robert Montgomery wrote:
> > How are 'alt tags' made?
>
> <img src="filename.jpg" alt="Summer Vacation" title="My trip to the
> Grand Canyon" width="640" height="480">

Don't do that.
Don't use an alt and a title. There's no reason for it - especially
when you're providing different content for one than the other.

Karl

Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on March 28, 2008, 4:52 pm
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KarlCore wrote:

> On Mar 25, 10:30 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
>> Robert Montgomery wrote:
>>> How are 'alt tags' made?
>>
>> <img src="filename.jpg" alt="Summer Vacation" title="My trip to the
>> Grand Canyon" width="640" height="480">
>
> Don't do that.
> Don't use an alt and a title. There's no reason for it - especially
> when you're providing different content for one than the other.

Why not? The alt displays when images are turned off, the title
displays upon a mouseover. They are different things.

Or are you thinking that because of Internet Exploder, which does use
the alt attribute as a title, if there is none?

My example choices above were just that... examples to show Robert how
to construct his image element. Maybe you would prefer:
alt="North Rim" title="North Rim of the Grand Canyon, nicer than the
South Rim" ...

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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on March 25, 2008, 11:06 pm
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Robert Montgomery wrote:
> How are 'alt tags' made?
>
> I checked in my computerized Dreamweaver guide.
>
> It says, "An image placeholder is a graphic you use until final artwork
> is ready to be added to a web page." That's not what I need, because all
> of the final artwork is already on my site.
>
> I tried inserting a placeholder next to an existing image on my site,
> but the placeholder pushed my existing graphic to the left.
>
> Robert
>

An alt tag is not a placeholder. It is what is displayed if the image
cannot be displayed - i.e. a not-graphic browser, the image is not
found, etc. Some browsers also show the alt tag when the mouse is
placed over the image.

Use the alt attribute on the image.

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