Alt tagging photos.

[danlae]

Here is the background. My wife has a website selling childrens clothing. All the basics of this webshop is through a  company that have some 300 other sites. 2-4 times a year arond 100 products have to be added to the shop. Pictures are of course highly important. Some pictures are supplied by producer of clothes some we have to take ourself. Pictures supplied by producer is not tagged.

When we are adding a product; avail sizes,prices, product description, which folder it is to be shown in etc is added. Pictures are added but there is no functionality for adding alt tag to the pictures. Is there any way i can incorporate the tag into the picture file eg .jpg before its added here or is it impossible is this impossible ?

Thanks for all help.

Dan

[debi_zyx]

Hi Dan,

I know I'm not answering your question exactly, because I'm not sure if you can add it prior.  My impression is no, but I'm not 100% on it.  Maybe someone will know how to do it.

But just for another workaround - do you have access to the HTML of existing pages and can you make changes, or is that solely in the hands of the managing company?  Because if you have access you can go in and add the alt attribute yourself to the pictures once they're uploaded.

Good luck,

Aviva B

[RyanKent]

Dan,

You cannot add an ALT tag to the file image during the upload process. What you can do is make sure the file name is descriptive of the image, which also provides a SEO benefit. Instead of naming an image "pic3" or "banner pic" try "Nike-sneakers.jpg" or something you might put in your alt tag.

With respect to the ALT tag itself, it sounds like you are using a CMS or store to upload the images. If it is a popular CMS or store, there may be a plug-in available to add this functionality. If you share the name of the software involved, perhaps someone who is familiar with your particular brand can help.

[augustos]

might help: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=114016