[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15926: Add alt attribute support for Custom Header functionality

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#15926: Add alt attribute support for Custom Header functionality
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 Reporter:  jane                                 |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Customize                            |  Review
 Severity:  minor                                |     Version:  3.0
 Keywords:  gci has-patch ux-feedback needs-     |  Resolution:
  testing                                        |     Focuses:
                                                 |  accessibility
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Changes (by rianrietveld):

 * keywords:  gci has-patch ux-feedback needs-refresh => gci has-patch ux-
     feedback needs-testing


Comment:

 Why don't we solve the alt text like this:

 The heading image is inside an <a> element linking to home_url( '/')
 (except for twenty ten).

 Because the alt text of the header image is actually a link text this way,
 we could replace the empty alt="" into an alt="<?php bloginfo( 'name ' );
 ?>.
 Using an alt text with a description of what's on the images is not a good
 alt in this case.

 For the themes:
 Twenty fourteen: in header.php alt="<?php bloginfo( 'name ' ); ?>
 Twenty thirteen: header image is a background image, so no alt text in
 needed
 Twenty twelve: in header.php  alt="<?php bloginfo( 'name ' ); ?>
 Twenty eleven: in header.php  alt="<?php bloginfo( 'name ' ); ?>
 Twenty ten: here the image is not inside a linkt to the homepage, so a
 alt="" can be used here.

 This way it works by default correctly.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15926#comment:34>
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