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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications Test: Creating an HTML Element

Posted by Nathan D'Aversa
Nathan D'Aversa
Courses Plus Student 189 Points

help with question

give the <img> tag a src attribute

index.html 
<!doctype>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My trip to Spain</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <img alt="A picture of me in Spain">
    Here is a picture of me in Spain last summer!
    <a>Go back to the top of the page.</a>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Elijah Quesada
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Elijah Quesada
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Elijah Quesada
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Elijah Quesada
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,965 Points

Hi Nathan,

Its looking for the src aka source of the image.

The image "spain.jpg" is located in a file called images.

 <body>

    <img src="images/spain.jpg" alt="A picture of me in Spain">
    Here is a picture of me in Spain last summer!
    <a>Go back to the top of the page.</a>

  </body>
Carlos Lantigua
Carlos Lantigua
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Carlos Lantigua
Carlos Lantigua
5,938 Points

The source attribute is where the image is stored so that HTML can "pull" it to place onto your website. The Alt is a simple replacement needed in case that main image cannot load for some reason. The alt is not required but it is great to have and google analytics searches to make sure you have it when they score your site.