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Re: Default alt attribute for site-logo in a CMS

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From: E.J. Zufelt
Date: Sep 9, 2011 8:36AM

Hi Jared,

Thanks again for the reply.

And I guess this is where your point about sensible defaults for such things comes in.

If A user sets up a blog with Drupal's defaults, a screen-reader user would hear:

Link: Drupal

For a link that takes them to the homepage of Joe's Blog.

Thanks again,
Everett Zufelt
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On 2011-09-09, at 10:25 AM, Jared Smith wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:15 AM, E.J. Zufelt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Just to clarify, there is no text in the default logo image. It is attached, and is the Druplicon.
>
> It doesn't have to be text to convey content. If the icon represents
> and presents "Drupal", then the alternative text should still be
> "Drupal". You'd do the same for the McDonald's "M" or the Nike swoosh,
> etc. And if the logo is linked, it *MUST* present alternative text.
>
> Jared
>