[Web4lib] how to add a caption to a photo

[Thomas Dowling]

Petter Naess wrote:
> Here is a simple question to which I hope there is a simple answer....
> When adding an image to a webpage, is their some easy way to add a small
> caption under the picture? One can of course put the picture in a table and
> include an extra row, into which one types the caption, but I should think
> an html editor (such as Dreamweaver 4, which I use) would have a window,
> similar to the "alt text" window, where one could conveniently add the
> caption text. I'm grateful for any suggestions!
> 

The late lamented HTML 3.0 draft (in no way related to HTML 3.2)
proposed a figure element with a sub-elements for captions and credits,
but nothing ever came of it.  Your best bet is probably something like:

  <div class="figure-and-caption">
    <p class="figure"><img src="foo.png"
      alt="Foo"
      title="Giant Foo Bird of the Andes"
      longdesc="full-description-and-credits.html"></p>
    <p class="caption">Giant Foo Bird of the Andes.  Photograph
      by J. Allen Bar, courtesy of the Baz Archive.</p>
  </div>


CSS as per your institutional style guide or innate aesthetic sense.


-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu