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CSS Framework Basics Build a Website with Bootstrap Building the Navbar

Charles Sharpe
Charles Sharpe
2,013 Points
Posted by Charles Sharpe
Charles Sharpe
2,013 Points

I was wondering why you added the extra CSS to hide the logo text? Bg img works to w/o all the extra coding to hide tex?

I was wondering why you added the extra weird CSS styles under my-styles.css to hide the logo text. Although that works, why not delete the text and add background-image: url() and margin for centering to place the image?

Thanks, Charles

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Charles,

Without the text there's no content for search engines and screen reader users. It would just be an empty element used as a css hook to apply a background image. Only useful for visual users.

The teacher's notes has a link to a forum post about this.

Nicky van Bottenburg
Nicky van Bottenburg
4,646 Points
Nicky van Bottenburg
Nicky van Bottenburg
4,646 Points

Shouldn't <img src='../img/main-logo' alt="logo"/> be beter for a search engine? I'm struggling to find the reason why to use the Image Replacement Technique and the forum doesn't help either.

Thanks, Nicky