Fortnightly financial five minutes #26 John Franks | FSCS

Contact us | FSCS

Industry resources | FSCS

News & updates | FSCS

FSCS news archive | FSCS

Sending us documents | FSCS

How long will my claim take? | FSCS

Top 6 things people get wrong about FSCS | FSCS

Fortnightly financial #28 | FSCS

When an image is the only content of a link, it should specify alternative text, 
via an `alt` attribute. The alternative text should describe the purpose of the link.

Without this, some users will be unable to determine what a link does, for example anyone 
using a screen reader.

To fix this, simply add an `alt` attribute to the image inside the link, e.g.:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="A red apple">
</a>
```

img-in-link-missing-alt

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Fortnightly financial five minutes #26 John Franks \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/archive/fortnightly-financial-26/	1
	Contact us \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/contact-us-old/	1
	Industry resources \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/industry-resources/	1
	News & updates \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/	1
	FSCS news archive \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/archive/?page=1	1
	Sending us documents \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/making-a-claim/claims-process/sending-docs/	1
	FSCS news archive \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/archive/?page=4	1
	How long will my claim take? \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/making-a-claim/claims-process/timescales/	1
	Top 6 things people get wrong about FSCS \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/podcasts/episode43/	1
	Fortnightly financial #28 \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/archive/fortnightly-financial-28/	1

Specify alternative text for images inside links

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