How to keep original image names when exporting to HTML
We often see questions and comments about Xara Web Designer or Xara Xtreme changing the names of imported images by exporting them as numerical names and thus raising SEO concerns.
"Xara does not do anything with your files. Just place them correctly.
Automatically named images generated by WD/Xtreme are not your files by any means. They are rendered from the objects in your design. To use your files, place them with the placeholders."
~John Horn AKA: Covoxer
Here's a very simple method which can be used to retain original image names.
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Alt Tag
The term "alt tag" is sometimes incorrectly used instead of the correct term " alt attribute". Actually as hard core developers will tell you, in HTML their is no such thing as an "alt tag". Technically, tags are things like <p> or </p> that you use to mark up your page and the alt attribute sits inside a tag, like this: <img alt="" / >. Calling an attribute a tag is a common mistake.
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However, this has been covered in other threads and is off topic for this thread which is about retaining original image names.
I hope this at least can help you and others.
Thank you
24 April 2010, 05:56 AM
Merlin_AZ
Re: How to keep original image names when exporting to HTML
Great tip.
Thanks Steve.
24 April 2010, 08:27 AM
ChrisBro
Re: How to keep original image names when exporting to HTML
Hi Steve
Thanks for taking the time to do this, this is brilliant just the solution I have been looking for :)
Just had a play following your instructions and it works an absolute treat, the only thing I would note is it is better to scale your image to the right size first easily done in Xara anyhow, I tend to use an awful lot of stock images that tend to come in huge resolutions for quality purposes I did notice that even though the first image drappged and dropped you can reduce in size but when you use the replace with image for the placeholder it uses the image at the full resolution then downscales it "on the fly" if you like to the size of the placeholder, this resulted fro me anyhow in quite large jpg's.
As said though easy enough to re-scale the image before using it and a great way of keeping everything nice and neat and tidy.
Thanks Steve
Chris
24 April 2010, 08:51 AM
MarciaB
Re: How to keep original image names when exporting to HTML
Quote:
Originally Posted by sledger
Here's a very simple method which can be used to retain original image names.
Thank you so much !!! Thread closed I suppose ?
24 April 2010, 09:16 AM
steve.ledger
Re: How to keep original image names when exporting to HTML
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisBro
the only thing I would note is it is better to scale your image to the right size first
Yes I would definitely agree when full resolution images straight off a digital camera card are being used.
24 April 2010, 10:00 AM
ChrisBro
Re: How to keep original image names when exporting to HTML
Hi Steve
Just noticed something else as well, possibly me doing something wrong but I cant seem to add any photo pop ups or anything to any of the pictures, I seem to be applying them to the paceholder rather than the image itself.