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HTML Build a Simple Website Text Editors and HTML Creating Structure

Posted by Lacey Ventres
Lacey Ventres
182 Points

Help with adding alt

I have tried to add an alt to an image and do not know why I keep getting it wrong. I dont understand what it is I'm doing wrong, I have tried many diff ways

2 Answers

Jennifer Rai
Jennifer Rai
Courses Plus Student 13,164 Points

Hi Lacey,

Can you please paste the code you are trying to use? This is the basic structure for adding an alt tag to an image:

<img src="frog.jpg" alt="Mike the Frog">
Lacey Ventres
Lacey Ventres
182 Points

OK thanks I kept trying to do:

<img src="img/frog,jpg" > <alt="Mike the Frog> so it all goes in the same <>

Pete Yurchision
Pete Yurchision
1,402 Points
Pete Yurchision
Pete Yurchision
1,402 Points

yep, what Jennifer said, she beat me to it.