[thelist] Please Check my Site

Olly Hodgson gnarly at punkass.com
Sun Aug 26 16:44:27 CDT 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin" <martin at members.evolt.org>
Subject: Re: [thelist] Please Check my Site


> Olly Hodgson wrote on 26/8/01 8:06 pm
>
> >Now a question for the other DW gurus: Is there any way to find every
> >instance of an image in a site, and add an ALT tag to it (if necessary),
eg
> >set all the spacer.gif's alt tags to "Spacer Image"?
>
> Don't know if DW's Search/Replace will work on code (or just content),
> but HomeSite & BBedit sure will.

It does work on code but I want a selective search/replace, ie only do it if
there isnt already any ALT text.

> However, think of how this will render in a speech browser... Something
> like
> "Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image,
> Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image,
> Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image,
> Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image,
> Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image,
> Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image, Spacer Image,
> Spacer Image"
> (try reading that aloud mid-page content, or better yet, download
> a speech browser like IBM's HomePage Reader or JAWS and have
> all the annoyance with none of the effort)

Good point. I'll change them to ALT="" where there is only visual effect...

Cheers,

Olly







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