What does this mean??

[astralaaron]

from viewing other people's source on their pages, I have been noticing an alt code inside of img src tagsexample = < img src="adsf.jpg" alt="asdf pic">

[Kevin M]

Alt is what you'll see when you hover over the image. It stands for alternate text. Also, if the image doesn't load, it will show the ALT text in the area where the pitcure would go (At least in IE, not sure about FF). So if you hovered over that image, it would show a little box with the text "asdf pic" in it. Try hovering over the fast reply/add reply/new topic buttons on this forum. The text that comes up is the alt text.

[astralaaron]

Alt is what you'll see when you hover over the image. It stands for alternate text. Also, if the image doesn't load, it will show the ALT text in the area where the pitcure would go (At least in IE, not sure about FF). So if you hovered over that image, it would show a little box with the text "asdf pic" in it. Try hovering over the fast reply/add reply/new topic buttons on this forum. The text that comes up is the alt text.

thanks!

[Guest FirefoxRocks]

The alt attribute is a required attribute of HTML/XHTML. It stands for alternate text which is loaded when:1. The image is not available or is nto found.2. The user has disabled pictures in their browser.3. In Internet Explorer and Opera, the alt text is the mouseover text of the image. The title attribute can override this though.4. For blind users, a screen reader reads the alt text out loud to the user.If you don't include the alt attribute in your images, they won't validate in XHTML nor HTML.