Thread: Product Page Product Image Alt Text Bug/ Issue

Alternate image text issue/bug on product pages, does not work as expected.

If product has a larger image available then
Product alt image text ALWAYS = "Click here to view larger image"
(bad for SEO)

If medium image and NO large one
Product alt image text = SEAltText

And If no SEAltText present
Product alt image text = Product Name


The product image alt text Should ALWAYS be the contents of SEAltText if exists
otherwise Product Name

We first noticed this in 8.1.0.0

If anybody, including ASPDNSF Support, knows how to fix this we would be much obliged.

Casey

MS 9.3.0.0

Which xslt method are you using to show images? At the very least what xmlpackage, if you are using a stock xmlpackage. If it is

Code:

<xsl:value-of select="aspdnsf:LookupProductImage(ProductID, ImageFilenameOverride, SKU, 'medium', 0, $AltText)" disable-output-escaping="yes" />

That alt tag doesn't look to have an issue with large images in the code. There is a title set when there is a large image but the alt text is still there. If you want to change the title text it is just repacling line 2151 in the XSLTExtensionBase.cs with:

Code:

tmpS.Append("<img border=\"0\" id=\"ProductPic" + ProductID.ToString() + "\" name=\"" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.AppConfigBool("NameImagesBySEName") && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(seName), seName, "ProductPic" + ProductID.ToString()) + "\" style=\"cursor:hand;cursor:pointer;\" onClick=\"" + CommonLogic.IIF(ImgGal.HasSomeLarge, "popuplarge" + "_" + sProductID + "()", "popupimg('" + LargePicForPopup + "')") + "\" title=\"" + AltText.Replace("\"", "&quot;") + "\" src=\"" + ProductPicture + "\" alt=\"" + AltText.Replace("\"", "&quot;") + "\" />");

After the reply by mmcgeachy I started digging into this myself, I see that the alt text IS in the HTML. The real issue seems to be that the image title tag contents are displayed in the browser (IE) rather than the alt text (There is no image title attribute unless there is an available larger image). It appears browsers have changed and people's habits have not... So it looks like the real problem here was "How do you display the alt text (instead of the title text which appears if a larger image is available) when hovering over a product image in the browser?".

mmcgeachy, you are spot-on, you nailed it.

The code we are using is stock, like your example:

Code:

<xsl:value-of select="aspdnsf:LookupProductImage(ProductID, ImageFilenameOverride, SKU, 'medium', 0, $AltText)" disable-output-escaping="yes" />

found in product page XMLPackages.

I'm curious, has anyone else felt the need to and/or changed code to display alt text instead of title text or removed title text?

mmcgeachy, I thank you for your solution, time and effort with this!

Casey

MS 9.3.0.0