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Re: LYNX-DEV webwatch-l Question on HTML: http://www.ocnsignal.com (fwd)


From: Foteos Macrides
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV webwatch-l Question on HTML: http://www.ocnsignal.com (fwd)
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:03:14 -0500 (EST)

"gregory j. rosmaita" <address@hidden> wrote:
>I wonder if someone who's more of an HTML expert can take a quick look at
>http://www.ocnsignal.com.  The site has many links that show up as just
>the word "link" but the HTML seems to have some specification for alt text
>to be shown, although it appears in a different format than I'm used to.
>I'd like a better understanding of what's happening before I write to them
>asking to correct things.

        It's treating ALT as an element instead of an attribute, e.g.:
        
        <ALT="Signal Front Page">
        <IMG SRC="sigfp-sm.jpg">

instead of the correct:

        <IMG SRC="sigfp-sm.jpg" ALT="Signal Front Page">

The ALT is thus being ignored (properly) as an "unknown tag".  The
designer of that page needs to seek more, basic understanding of
HTML (what is an "element", e.g., IMG; what is an "attribute",
e.g., SRC and ALT).

                                Fote

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