I am getting this in my report and would like to fix:
3 images have no ALT text
wp-content/themes/Newspaper/images/icons/similar-right.png
Where can i remove the alt? Which file, and can you remove (or fix) it also from future release?
It’s not technically a real error for old HTML practice, but perhaps a true error for modern HTML5 practice. Not all images/icons need an actual alt text, only must have the alt tag itself to pass CSS standards. So, alt=”” is correct for a spacer graphic, or icon with no semantic meaning where the alt text would not provide useful info when the image does not load.
HOWEVER
I am going to request Radu actually make that a value of “right” and for the left image add “left”
e.g. alt=”left” alt=”right” as appropriate, for modern site checkers and consistency. Or, perhaps the ASCII code for left bracket and right bracket would be more semantically correct.
Some discussion on this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23526791/when-is-it-acceptable-to-leave-the-alt-text-empty-on-an-html-image-if-ever
I would to have as many errors disappear as possible. Do you know what file and line I can make a quick edit in, to relieve those errors?
Thanks so much.
I have no idea. You could so a search of the folders for the theme on your local PC to locate that block of text, probably.
