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Topic : "Feedback on my site please =]" |
RobG
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hey!
i have had my site up for a couple of weeks and i was just wondering if my website "views" well. im hoping to improve the quality of the site make it more worthwhile  so please give any feedback on my site (and work if you want) as it will be greatly appreciated...thanks!
OH and if my work floats your boat please feel free to sign my guestbook thanks!
http://www.briteshine.co.uk
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B0b
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eskay
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:49 pm |
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| Besides, alts are nice. Maybe I'm the only one, but I like having a title or description pop up when I hover over an image. |
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Chris
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:09 pm |
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| if you don't want to get caught by the 1998 Disability Act, u should get some alt text going on all your images |
yeah because every home in america has a wheelchair ramp right? lol
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blehblehbleh
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:45 pm |
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| eskay wrote: |
| Besides, alts are nice. Maybe I'm the only one, but I like having a title or description pop up when I hover over an image. |
That's what the title-tag is for. The alt-tag is just there to be displayed if the image doesn't show up. |
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RobG
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:39 am |
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i didnt know things like that had to be validated! 
im confused with the errors that show up cause they work fine?
do i HAVE to alt the images or i get spanked by someone or is it something that is just a better thing to do?
wait a minute, what kind of disibility would it help to assist anyway!?
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Chris
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:48 am |
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you don't have to do anything with personal sites like yours.
if you had some type of business site or educational site (most importantly federal site) then you would have to follow under the 508 section acts.
alt tags are for both, text will show up if images is disabled. they also make a pop-up box that people can see (hover over "post reply" on this message board to find out what i mean). also if a blind person visits your site the alt tags are read to them by the computer.
is it a crime you don't have it validated? no...is it good practice? yes.
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B0b
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:35 pm |
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people with sight disabilities use something called a web reader to view the web, lack of alt text means it won't show in the reader properly..
thats also why sites have to be built in certain way and if you have a flash site u also need a text site, and some sites even have a text only version available..
someone took the Olympic Commitee to court because of their site, won and didn't the Olympic Commitee look silly  |
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