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Is there a file I can modify to change the content of the "alt" tag to the content in the img "title" tag?
Are there any other fields available in metadata that I might identify and use for the "alt" tag?
I am currently changing over old modified CE galleries that I had mildly modified for SEO purposes. The site did extremely well for many years, #1 for the most part in all of the SERPs, and then for whatever reason, it died in the ranks. Not sure why, but it doesn't matter. I had to move away from CE.
It would look better if we were able to have the ability to use plain text for the alt field if it is available. In CE days, that's either the way it was, or, I modified the template page(s) so that's the way it was -- I can't remember which. And it worked great and looked great in Google Image search results.
I did this because of how Google images will display the alt info when you are browsing. I don't like using a file name there. I want plain text. It looked better, and based on the tests I've done, is preferred by Google.
If this isn't possible or is not something you want to consider, then what would I need to modify to accomplish this?
Isn't there a way to have a custom metadata template for LR? For example, I have an Instagram third party plug-in for LR that provides a field for #hashtags. It would be nice to have a template that would allow us to have these few additional fields to use for something like "alt" tags, wouldn't it?
Thanks for your time.
pj
Is there a way of using the metadata from "Title" or some other metadata field to populate the image "alt" tag rather than the "title" tag.
Everything I've learned and read about the "title" tag in terms of SEO is that is has no real juice. It's the "alt" tag that counts and that tag should have thoughtful non-spammy content.
Thanks for any assist.
pj
This appears in my Backlight pages? Why? What does it do?
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="data:;base64,iVBORwOKGO=" />
Also...
How / where do I provide a meta description for my "pages"? This is what is currently generated:
<meta name="description" content="" />
Thank you in advance.
PJ
Problem solved. Needed to reinstall "standard-album-set" from Backlight Pages 111\backlight\modules
Why am I getting this when I try to create a new "album set template"?
"You do not have any Page Templates. Create a new Page Template before proceeding."
I must have messed something up when I updated as I used to have an "album set template" and now there are none.
Bottom line is I can't seem to create an "album set template" without creating a new "page template". Is that correct?
I am also running into this when I try to access "galleries":
Unable to find the module standard-album-set.
Have you removed this from backlight/designer/modules? If so, either copy the module back, or change the template used by this album. in EngineFactory.php on line 482
And finally, when I go to "assign templates", there are no selections for "galleries".
Thank you for any assistance.
Is there a PHP file I can customize so I can allow the Title tag for an image in Lightroom take the place of the meta Title tag being generated by Backlight?
Any way to have the image file name reflected in the URL as you go from one full size image to another using Photoswipe? Is the native filename being seen by Google?