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ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34952]

Mon, 27 November 2006 10:43

Ernesto

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It's easy to add an ALT tag just to the template for the flags, but the Avatar is harder since the whole URL appears to be in the database

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Re: ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34953 is a reply to message #34952]

Mon, 27 November 2006 10:48

Ernesto

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So on line 209 in register.php.t
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		return '<img src="'.$web . $path.'" '.$img_info[3].' />';

		return '<img src="'.$web . $path.'" '.$img_info[3].' alt="Avatar" />';

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Re: ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34954 is a reply to message #34952]

Mon, 27 November 2006 11:15

Ernesto

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Thinking of it, I am thinking that the template for the avatar should looks something like this instead:

<img src="{VAR: avatar_loc}" alt="{VAR: usr->Alias}'s Avatar">

Instead of having the whole <img src=" thing in the database. Changing it to the above way that I suggested allows you to add a border around the avatar in your skin/Theme, etc etc.

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Re: ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34955 is a reply to message #34952]

Mon, 27 November 2006 11:15

Ernesto

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And of course do the {IF} check first to see if we use embed or img

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Re: ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34960 is a reply to message #34955]

Mon, 27 November 2006 23:50

Ilia

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Flags use title attribute which is MUCH better then alt, since unlike alt titles are displayed on mouseover.

As far as avatars go, what purpose would the alt tag serve there?

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Re: ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34963 is a reply to message #34952]

Tue, 28 November 2006 00:25

Ernesto

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To be valid HTML 4.01 Transitional.

And the ALT tag shows on mouseover in IE, while title only shows in Firefox (thats how it used to be at least, I could be wrong now) - But mainly it was for validation purposes.

But yes, I like the title tags, but perhaps you should have both.

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Re: ALT tags on Avatars and Flags [message #34968 is a reply to message #34963]

Tue, 28 November 2006 15:14

Ilia

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Quote:

And the ALT tag shows on mouseover in IE, while title only shows in Firefox (thats how it used to be at least, I could be wrong now) - But mainly it was for validation purposes.

That mostly correct, IE will also show the title tag, which is why I have been using it throughout the forum. The reason why I don't use both tags is because usage of both will inflate page sizes with no apparent benefit other then syntactic sugar.

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