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Re: ALT tags for text links

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Jul 31, 2001 9:14AM


At 07:44 AM 7/31/2001 , Martin IACAMPO Jr wrote:
>Does anyone know whether it's possible to add ALT tags to text elements on a web page? I'm sure I heard of a way to do this, but can no longer remember and all searches are fruitless.
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In other words -- use the "title" tag to add additional, human-readable
information to your links.
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