Clarification on image ALT tag

[behzad]

How can I give an image a name so that it would be useful in SEO? So far by naming it under image > Image Caption (Alt Text) or using the name tag option it does not export as the name but rather as a number in HTML export.

[behzad]

Also why my images saved as numbers(name)?

[Egg Bramhill]

To give your image a name, select it and hit the Name icon (Like a luggage label) and name it 'filename=behzad' without the quotes.

But beware don't do this if your using variants

[Chris M]

But beware don't do this if your using variants

Could you explain why? Pretend I'm a 5 year old.

[Acorn]

Xara HTML rendering steps through all objects, shapes and images in the order they are stacked in their layers, giving each a unique numeric reference.
When you distort,scale, copy tint or add an effect to these, they are no longer the same thing, so Xara reworks its numbers.

If you are really sure that a thing is unique or repeated on all pages, you can give that a Name, specifically filename="uniqueObject".
To force it to be a JPEG or PNG you pick either from Web Properties > Image > Web image type.

Over the years, I have suggested keeping the image filename intact. To achieve uniqueness, Xara could append a number or indicate the changes on each instance...

Acorn

[jamesd]

Could you explain why? Pretend I'm a 5 year old.

Just say you have an 800px wide image on the desktop variant and the same image is 400px wide on the mobile variant. Then Xara will overwrite the 800px image with the 400px one when you use filename.

[Chris M]

Got it. Thank you both.

[behzad]

Thank you guys, so basically it is useless giving names because nowadays every website has a mobile version. Assigned a name to the image. Results were, the desktop kept its name but mobile had a number. I wonder if Google engines check desktop first and avoid rechecking names for the mobile version in xara?

I gave the picture a name like suggested above in desktop and also the same name in the mobile version. The results after exporting the HTML is that there is only one image output with that name. Is this correct?

[Acorn]

I gave the picture a name like suggested above in desktop and also the same name in the mobile version. The results after exporting the HTML is that there is only one image output with that name. Is this correct?

Not quite as the mobile version will try to occupy the same WxH as the original.

What I would do is:

1. Xara method: use Name, filename="picture_m" for the mobile variant. You end up with an image per variant but you do have a meaningful name
2. Placeholder method: For the Main, use Name, filename="picture". For the mobile, create a box with code (body):

   <img src="picture.jpg" width="100%" height="100%" />

   If you just scale the box, it renders a smaller version, using just one source image. Equally you can stretch or squish the box as you see fit. You only have one named image across all copies/variants thereafter.

Acorn

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