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Re: image with alt as H1 content?

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Nov 14, 2011 5:00PM

Syntax looks good to me. I think using an inline image is appropriate here
because in high contrast mode the logo will be displayed which could help
with general page/site orientation.

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Rick Hill < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Just checking. Is this syntax OK for compliance. Assuming we want an H1 at
> top of pages that display a graphic log that is a link but have a text fall
> back:
>
> <h1><a href="index.html"><img src="logo.png" width="100" height="100"
> alt="Home page" /></a></h1>
>
> I understand a "better" method might be to have a background image
> overlaying the h1 text, but this is more convenient for the purposes of
> deploying this in a CMS with many sites having different logos/headings …
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> Rick
>