Feature Release: Alt-Text for Background Images

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Good day everyone! A feature you’ve all been waiting for is now available.

You can now add alt-text for background images in the Editor for the following components:

  • Strips & Columns

  • Slideshow (Full Width & Box)

  • Hover box (2 states)

  • Repeater

  • Lightbox

  • Multi-State

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A big thank you to @pavlov and the Editor Team for making this possible!

If you have any questions, feedback, or simply want to share your excitement, let us know in the comments section below.

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Fantastic!! :slight_smile:

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Thank you, Wix. The platform is getting better every day!

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Big win for Wix SEO

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Thanks Wix

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@stevenjose I was wondering if this is available to connect/code on dynamic pages? I can’t see anything on the API or the ability to connect via the ‘Connect to Data’ panel

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@stevenjose would you able to let me know if this is possible, please? Thank you :slight_smile:

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@stephenmccall hey! I’ll find out and get back to you. :slight_smile:

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@stevenjose great! Thank you

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@stephenmccall unfortunately, not yet, but it’s in the pipeline. :slight_smile:

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This is such a wonderful addition. Thank you Wix for making this possible.

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I join Stephen - it doesn’t exist in the ‘connect to data’ on repeaters. Additionally, I don’t see ‘.alt’ property for the of background object.

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When is it due? we can’t use the ALT feature when repeaters are populated by database.

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We are very happy that you liked =)

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Hello, great feature, thank you. However, it does not work for WIX Multilingual. I must have the same ALT text in secondary languages like in the primary language. For ordinary images (where I could add ALT text since day 1), I can add different ALT texts for different languages.

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Thank you for your feedback Helene.

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Thanks for this post and work here - @stevenjose

I’m experiencing something very strange regarding image file names in Wix. I’m working on optimizing image names and Alt tags for pages I want to rank on Google.

Problem:
Images that are specifically background images (take up an entire section) - these for some reason when seen in the HTML code are not displaying the correct image name, rather a long string of letters and numbers (see screenshot). On the flip side, sections that contain images (not taking up the entire section) do show the correct image name.

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Q: Any idea why this is occurring and can I manually change the the image name in the HTML code? Wondering if anyone has experienced something similar.

Site: https://www.cleanhometheory.com/

(if you inspect my hero image at the top - it reads: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e643cf_b059837550ab46ed9ccebc39619d429f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1456,h_385,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/e643cf_b059837550ab46ed9ccebc39619d429f~mv2.jpg (this is not the file name in Wix)

This is the file name in Wix I need to show for SEO purposes: Clean-Home-Theory-Expert-House-Cleaning-Services-Homepage-Warm-Sunny-Living-Room.jpg

Thanks,
Daniel

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I see there’s another topic open with the same question - Image File Name Not Showing In HTML Source Code for Background Images

Closing this topic for now :slight_smile: