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Posted by Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

Cupcakes Code Challenge 5-5

Something's supposedly not correct with my alternate text here but I can't see what ...<img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt"Avocado Chocolate Cupcake">

7 Answers

Charles Gray
Charles Gray
19,470 Points
Charles Gray
Charles Gray
19,470 Points

what does the challenge ask for?

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points
Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

I have correctly added an image <img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg"> and the next step is to add the alternate text "Avocado Chocolate Cupcake" to the image tag I just added. When I add as above i get the response "Bummer! Did you add an 'alt' attribute to your image?" I have tried adding a space after the alt but then get that my alternate text isn't quite right ...

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

Hi Karen,

Are you sure you're forming the rest of your 'img' tag properly? To define alternate text, make sure your 'img' tag is set up as follows:

<img src="path/to/img.png" alt="Alternate Text" />

In this situation, "Alternate Text" would be replaced with "Avocado Chocolate Cupcake".

Could you post the code that's giving you the error?

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points
Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

<img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt "Avocado Chocolate Cupcake">

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

Press space four times before pasting the code :)

marsha spell
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marsha spell
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marsha spell
marsha spell
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i'm having the same problem

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

Sorry to hear that! Could you post the code (press space four times before pasting) that's giving you an error?

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points
Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

<img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt"Avocado Chocolate Cupcake">

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

Seems to still not be formatting properly. Could you paste the code into a Gist, and post the URL for it here?

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

I had another go just typing straight into the forum but still no go? Matthew, I don't know what a Gist is!

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

Are you sure you're pressing [Space] four times before pasting your code in? It's required, or else your code won't show up.

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

<img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt"Avocado Chocolate Cupcake">

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

Yes! I'm sure!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

For HTML/CSS/JS an interactive code playground like codepen is a better solution for troubleshooting instead of a static file like a gist.

Matthew Mascioni
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 Points

Great idea :)

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points
Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

<img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt"Avocado Chocolate Cupcake">

Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points
Karen Rae
Karen Rae
1,963 Points

Humility prevails ... My young son just came home & typed in an = sign after alt ... and I'm through! Thanks everyone for your time!