One of the things that I try to do when I get images from clients, is to make sure they are named correctly. By that I mean that instead of sending your web designer images straight from your digital camera named " DSC145.jpg " or anything similar; name them specific to the item/product.
If you've got a large silver necklace, call it "large_silver_necklace.jpg " or "large-silver-necklace.jpg". Don't leave gaps between the name as some web server operating systems do not like that
Use either hyphens or underscores to fill the gaps in any name.
This is very good practice for both your website/designer and for your images being picked up on image searches by Google and other search engines.
Using a sensible naming convention for all your images will increase the chance of inclusion when someone carries out a Google image search.
If designing your own site, you will want to include relevant alt and title text for your images.
The alt attribute is designed to be an alternative text description for images. The alt text is often displayed before the image is fully loaded in your web browser and is used instead of the image in text-based browsers. The alt attribute is a required element for images only and is a needed to meet with current HTML and XHTML web standards when validating as per W3C.
Alternatively, the title attribute can be used for any page element, but is not actually a requirement . You can use it to describe links, images, and other page elements.
Don't forget to include the title attribute in your image element.
e.g.
<img src="diamond_silver_watch.jpg" alt="diamond silver watch" title="silver watch encrusted with diamonds">
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If you've got a large silver necklace, call it "large_silver_necklace.jpg " or "large-silver-necklace.jpg". Don't leave gaps between the name as some web server operating systems do not like that
Use either hyphens or underscores to fill the gaps in any name.
This is very good practice for both your website/designer and for your images being picked up on image searches by Google and other search engines.
Using a sensible naming convention for all your images will increase the chance of inclusion when someone carries out a Google image search.
If designing your own site, you will want to include relevant alt and title text for your images.
The alt attribute is designed to be an alternative text description for images. The alt text is often displayed before the image is fully loaded in your web browser and is used instead of the image in text-based browsers. The alt attribute is a required element for images only and is a needed to meet with current HTML and XHTML web standards when validating as per W3C.
Alternatively, the title attribute can be used for any page element, but is not actually a requirement . You can use it to describe links, images, and other page elements.
Don't forget to include the title attribute in your image element.
e.g.
<img src="diamond_silver_watch.jpg" alt="diamond silver watch" title="silver watch encrusted with diamonds">
<a href="index.html" title="Technobabble - the home of the Twighlightzone blog">Blog</a>
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