University at Albany Policies


Accessible uses of images

View an inaccessible use of images

ALT text and "D" link
MyUAlbany D

This would be coded:


<IMG SRC="myualbany.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="The MyUAlbany graphic."><a href="aboutmyualbany.html">D</a>


ASCII Art

Image of a lion (Skip over an ASCII image)

("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-'



This would be coded:



<A HREF="#ascii2">Skip over an ascii image</A> of a lion

<PRE>
("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._
`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)        
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'     
_..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,'        
(il),-'' (li),' ((!.-'          
</PRE>

<A NAME="ascii2"></A>


Image Maps

Photo of New Library at University at Albany uptown campus A link to a news and archive database. A link to a site text search database. A link to University at Albany sports information. A link to President Hitchcock's welcome address.

This would be coded:


<img src="new_library.gif" WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=272 BORDER=0 alt="Photo of New Library at University at Albany uptown campus" usemap="#map1">
<map name="map1">
<area shape="rect" coords="300,189,362,214" href="http://www.albany.edu/news_information_events/index.html" alt="A link to a news and archive database.">
<area shape="rect" coords="230,189,292,214" href="http://www.albany.edu/searches/search_suny.html" alt="A link to a site text search database.">
<area shape="rect" coords="160,189,222,214" href="sports.html" alt="A link to University at Albany sports information.">
<area shape="rect" coords="90,189,152,214" href="welcome.html" alt="A link to President Hitchcock's welcome address.">
</map>

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Adapted with permission from web accessibility pages at Penn State