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2,593 Pointsalt text
whats it mean add alt text?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Nick Pettit</title>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html">
<h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
<h2>Designer</h2>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<section>
<ul>
<li>
<img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
</li>
<li>
<img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
</li>
<li>
<img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<footer>
<img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="" alt="facebook Logo">
<img src="img/twitter-wrap.png"alt="" alt="twitter Logo">
<p>© 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Evgeniia Mas
4,452 PointsHello! It is a text inside alt="" in < img> tag, which describes your image. If your image won't be availiable by any reasons this text will be displayed on the screen. If you have a dog on the picture you can add alt="Dog".