Brochure Image ALT Tags

[Kris]

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night,

I was just doing some "spring" cleaning on the site and noticed that the product image ALT tags on our front page are empty.

Having looked at our template, I see no way to edit "NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_IMAGE" so that it uses the brochure fragment title or product title as the ALT tag.

Can anyone shed any light on my 'ickle problem?

Cheers

[I-CC]

The brochure image doesnt seem to include alt tags.

From a quick look within the templates and conducting a search witin Design | Text, it is not obvioulsy aparent how to add in Alt Tags yourself, so maybe this is produced within the EXE of the program as opposed to templated.

Any ideas anyone from Actinic.

[pinbrook]

the brochure image is defined like this...........in Act_brochureimage.html

<IMG SRC="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEFILE"
ALT="NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT"
BORDER=0
NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEHEIGHT
NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEWIDTH>



you could try defining the alt tag with the fragment title

ALT="NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_TITLE"

Haven't tried it though

[I-CC]

Thought this template was for the brochure navigation menu images and not central content area images produced by selection of fragment templates with image definitions.

[pinbrook]

There is a Act_BrochureImage.html and Act_BrochureNavImage.html

but we'll only know if we try it.....or someone else does

[Kris]

I'll take a look at it tomorrow and will post back from work.

Thanks.

[Kris]

Didn't work.

Actinic any ideas???

[Kris]

Or anyone else I should add...

[I-CC]

If you are talking about the images that are shown from selecting the appropriate Brochure Fragment (that includes an image) that is then selected from using the Browse button within that Fragment - Then I do not think you can easily at the moment add in an Alt Text to it.

If the Act_BrochureImage.html is supposed to do it, then it doesnt work, which means a fix is needed within a Patch.

[Kris]

I think that your explanation matches mine... sorta.

I agree this should be included in the next availble patch if it's not possible to do this manually.

Can someone from Actinic give a definative reply?

[cdicken]

Here's a definitive reply:

I'm afraid that there is no way to get Alt tags in for your brochure images at the moment.

It has been reported as a bug, but missed out on being included in 6.1.3. It will be in the next maintenance release.

It is possible to create a default ALT tag for all your brochure images (to at least get some alt information in there).

Open Act_BrochureImage.html and change the ALT= value to be
ALT="CUSTOMVAR:BROCHURE_IMAGE"

Then define a new custom property in 'Advanced | Custom Properties' called 'brochure image'.

Then go to 'Design | Options | Site Defaults' and define a value for 'brochure image' of whatever you want your ALT text to be. Ensure you also tick 'Use as CUSTOMVAR' if you are using Business or Developer.

[Kris]

Thanks, I'll do this for now and look forward to the next update.

Cheers & have a good weekend.

[jxm28788]

Alt tags

I'm confused (more than normal)

Here's a definitive reply
I'm afraid that there is no way to get Alt tags in for your brochure images at the moment.:

When I hover the cursor over my product images I get a little tag up saying what it is called and when I look at the source the ALT tag has the same text in it (I'm assuming the alt tag is what causes the tag to pop up). The description ties in with the product description (as you would expect).

So in your quote above are you talking about different images? I'm talking about the images assigned to products and sections.

What I do need to do however is to set an ALT tag for the image on my home page. In Actinic this is under the 'home' section, in the welcome page ('fragment properties?'). (On my website - www.lowcarbgoodies.co.uk - it is the big colourful logo!)

So how do I do that?

[Kris]

The answer you seek is the question I pose.

[jxm28788]

sorry, long day, was searching old posts before starting a new one, didn't read it properly...

however, I'm still not sure about this bit -

It is possible to create a default ALT tag for all your brochure images (to at least get some alt information in there).

ALL the brochure images? Can cdicken please explain what is covered by the phrase 'brochure images'...?

and did you try the suggestion? and did it work?