From 2957f17cbee7f880bd5f22ae343ad9aabd913bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Robertson <susan@susanjeanrobertson.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:34:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] post on alt text as discussed in issue #63 --- _posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md diff --git a/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md b/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f0a99c6c --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: | + Quick Tip: Using alt Text Properly +description: How to use alt text +# date: +# last_updated: +categories: + - Quick Tips +--- +A few tips on how and when to use the alt tag: + +-Use the alt tag for any image is that used as content. +-Use an empty alt tag for any image that is decorative or not necessary for understanding the content of the page (alt=""). +-Make sure the description of the image is useful. For example, if the image is your logo your alt should be your company name and not "logo" + +The alt tag is meant to help users using assitive techonology not miss any content, so make sure your text is helpful to anyone not seeing the image. \ No newline at end of file -- GitLab From 2c3b4fe66098cae8bd77b6d7787919254803470d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Robertson <susan@susanjeanrobertson.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:41:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] revisions to text at the comments of grayghostvisuals --- _posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md b/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md index f0a99c6c..fb5a44c3 100644 --- a/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md +++ b/_posts/2013-01-14-alt-text.md @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ description: How to use alt text categories: - Quick Tips --- -A few tips on how and when to use the alt tag: +A few tips on how and when to use the alt attribute: --Use the alt tag for any image is that used as content. --Use an empty alt tag for any image that is decorative or not necessary for understanding the content of the page (alt=""). +-Use the alt attribute for any image that is used as content. +-Use an empty alt atribute for any image that is decorative or not necessary for understanding the content of the page (alt=""). -Make sure the description of the image is useful. For example, if the image is your logo your alt should be your company name and not "logo" -The alt tag is meant to help users using assitive techonology not miss any content, so make sure your text is helpful to anyone not seeing the image. \ No newline at end of file +The alt attribute is meant to help users using assitive techonology not miss any content, so make sure your text is helpful to anyone not seeing the image. \ No newline at end of file -- GitLab