Brochure Image ALT Tags

[cdicken]

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

At the moment, if you specify any images within the 'Image' field within a brochure fragment, then the image will appear, but there will be no ALT text for the images.

Alt text is included with an 'alt=' parameter within an image <img> tag. It shows up as 'tool-tip'-type text when you move your mouse over an image.

The tip I gave means that every brochure fragment image in Actinic will have the same alt text.

[harlequin]

jo, you nearly had it

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

hi jo, you actually had the answer to this but just not quite...

the thing is, just like in the products area, on the imagefile, you cannot use most netquotevars (pain in the butt, why cant ALL netquotevars be available to all templates...anyway)

the workaround is on your brochure fragment where it calls

NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_IMAGE

just replace that nq'var with the code out of the image template...i.e.

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

now THATS a definitive answer...

ps. if actinic made customvars specifiable on a page by page basis like in the products area you could have


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

or

<IMG SRC="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEFILE"
ALT="CUSTOMVAR:ALTTAG-2"
BORDER=0
NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEHEIGHT
NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEWIDTH>

which allows you to make a far more descriptive alt tag than simply repeating the text....its better for the search engines too to have as little repeated text as possible...

best of luck..

steve q
harlequin domains
www.harlequindomains.com
0800 0832077
Actinic Hosting, Design and Marketing

[cdicken]

ps. if actinic made customvars available to brochure pages, you could have

Custom Properties defined in 'Design | Options | Site Defaults' are available in every brochure page.

[harlequin]

yes, but not so you can define them at the fragment level.

yes, you can do it as you say but for every single alt tag you would want to use on a any brochure page, you would need to create a named one at advanced level, then specify its value in defaults...then have a seperate brochure template that specifically called that named alt tag....

far better to specify at the top level you have

CUSTOMVAR:BROCHUREALTTAG


and then, next to the fragment in question, you have a tab similar to products for properties and you add a property called CUSTOMVAR:BROCHUREALTTAG and populate a value....like you would in the products area...

much simpler i think

am i making sense.


steve

[harlequin]

as it happens

probably for the sake of it i would advise people to simply start to understand how to create and use embedded html in the fragments / all of actinic

this overcomes all issues regarding formatting, placement, display, colours, list points, heading tags, alt tags and is the most frequent reliable method we use, save creating a load of custom templates as well..


steve

[Kris]

I think he means one ALT tag for each image (dependant on template used to insert each brochure image not dependant on the individual product).