Explanation and implementation of Alt tags

Any pointers on alt tags for dummies

[bid4abook]

Hello, again!
Is there any difinitive articles, for a novice like me, in respsect of alt tags? Any advice greatfully received.
b4b.

[Nutter]

Always use 'em (and title tags as well). Is that what you're looking for?

I don't think I really understand the question.

[bid4abook]

nutter, probably a daft question but I have not used alt tags before and I am unsure in what circumstances to use them?

[Nutter]

Oh, ok. Basically, it's an alternative when the image isn't shown. IE also uses them as the text that pops up when you hover over an image, where FireFox uses the title tag.

<img src="/source/to/your/file.jpg" alt="Here's the alternative text">

So, say you have your logo. The alternative text would be something like "ABC Company Logo". It's also a chance to plug a FEW more words into your site to make SEs happy.

Edit: And I use them on every image, unless I forget :-)

[Corey Bryant]

You actually always want to use the alt attribute because it is required: [w3schools.com...]

-Corey

[bid4abook]

Nutter & Corey, many thanks for that.