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2019-03-02 12:23 pm

Alt-text tips you probably don't know

I happened on a couple of articles about writing better image alt-text on my reading page, so I'd like to share the links and list some of the things I didn't know and you might not, either.

Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide (via [personal profile] alisx)
Alternative Text (via [personal profile] jesse_the_k)

Alt text basics in HTML and Markdown )

Tell you something you don't know? )

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2019-02-14 04:58 pm

Signal Boost bookmarklet with user name tags for more sites

I made a fork/update to [personal profile] melannen's fork of [personal profile] astolat's signal boost bookmarklet, which adds user name tags for more of the sites recognized by the DW user tag. I also made small changes to the text generated by the bookmarklet.

To use, make a blank bookmark on your browser and copy the following code into its address:

The original code and my comments on it can be found here.

Update (2/14/2019 11:34 am EST): User name tags are now supported for all DW-recognized functioning platforms except diigo (I can't seem to find any pages to work on) and YouTube videos (I can't find a way to get usernames for them; YouTube user profile pages do get user-tagged, however). See examples below.

examples of signal boosts )