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IMG Alt Tags not working in WordPress

by DJL
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I have a WordPress 2.9.2 blog (self-hosted) with images in posts & pages. I added alt tags for each image, but they do not appear when I hover my mouse over the images. I am using the Vistalicious theme. Does anybody know how to fix this?
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Are you sure they don't work? Reason I ask is that the ALT tag doesn't display with every browser.

    In some cases a Title tag can be used instead. See if that works for you.

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
      Yeah Bill (myWebWork) is right..

      Check the source code.

      Do the images tags look something like :

      <img src="someimage.jpg" alt="alt tag goes here" title="some title goes here" >

      Note.. Try not to have quotes (either single or double) in alt or title tags. They can cause or sorts of problems.

      Hope this helps

      Bruce
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      • Profile picture of the author DJL
        Thanks to both who responded. I changed all my alt='whatever' to title='whatever' and now the indicated text pops up when the mouse hovers over an image.

        Apropos, has anybody ever seen a less functional, more annoying text editor than the WordPress editor? And they have the effrontery to posit the slogan "CODE IS POETRY"! If that's poetry, I'll stick to prose.
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        • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
          You can change the editor if you want.

          You can get the FckEditor plugin that will give you a much better HTML editor.

          But having said that, it still pretty week in comparison to some desktop editors. But it does give a lot more functionality than the default MCE editor

          Hope this helps

          Bruce
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          • Profile picture of the author DJL
            Thanks, again. I will try that.
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      • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
        Originally Posted by Bruce Hearder View Post

        <img src="someimage.jpg" alt="alt tag goes here" title="some title goes here">
        just don't forget to close your image tag because WordPress uses XHTML not HTML like so

        <img src="someimage.jpg" alt="alt tag goes here" title="some title goes here" />

        use         /> instead of just >
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  • Profile picture of the author DJL
    Thanks, Karen, I'll keep that in mind.
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