alt tags for images

[sweetske]

i have output images from fireworks complete with alt tags if i view them in ie6 from fireworks they work fine however actinic looks @ the short description where can i change this to look @ the image.

http://www.uksub.biz/acatalog/Hi_Vizcoats.html

Regards

[pinbrook]

I don't know if this will work, but its what I would try first. Go to act_productimage.html and remove this line

ALT="NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT"

it may be that by removing this, the image will be allowed to keep its fireworks tag

[sweetske]

alt tags

no good thanks jo

it seems no one has an absolute answer to a straight forward question / actinic cant reproduce what i requrie i'm worried about this programmes functionality

suppose you get what you pay for

[cdicken]

The HTML exported by Fireworks will include the alt tags for the images.

Actinic, however, will only look at the images and will ignore the Fireworks HTML - Actinic has it's own HTML and will not use Fireworks's.

What you can do is use custom properties to include your own alt text for your product images.

Edit Act_ProductImage.html and replace NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT with CUSTOMVAR:ALTERNATETEXT. Then save and close the template.

Then go to 'Advanced | Custom Properties' and create a new custom property in the grid called 'Alternatetext'.

Finally, go to your products and go to the 'Properties' tab. Add a new row to the grid and select 'Alternatetext'. In the 'Value' field, enter the text you want (and if you are using Business/Developer select 'Use as CUSTOMVAR'). Then preview and see your new alt text.

Most things are possible in templates with custom properties and a few template tweaks.

[sweetske]

alt tags

Thanks thats opened my eyes a little, the penny droppped so to speak only thing is, the exercise of exporting all the images from fireworks has been done once. i will have to do it again

thanks again