D-Link Example
If a graphic is not fully described through alternate text or understanding a visual image is important to understanding the information on a page (or if it provides important clues to a page's mood and style) you may want to include a more detailed description than what is provided by the Alt text. Typically, Web designers use a "D" as a link to a separate html document that contains this more detailed text-based description.
D-Link stands for "Description Link" meaning that this link will provide a more in-depth description of the graphic. A D-Link is just a hypertext link that will link to another (usually text) page where a better description of the picture is provided.
Example
D
Click on the "D" to see the longer description of this picture.
This D-Link was created by inserting an image into the web page, then typing a "D" next to the image. Then link the "D" to another page with the longer description.
Source Code
- <img src="schloss.jpg" alt="Castle Neuschwanstein>
- <A href="desc.htm">D</A>
Inside the <img> tag is the source of the graphic. "A href" is the tag for the hypertext link. After that, the words "desc.htm" is the name of the page the "D" is linked to.
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