# Adding alt text to images in slideshow

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-alt-text-to-images-in-slideshow/235936>\
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**Created:** [August 15, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-alt-text-to-images-in-slideshow/235936 "2007-08-15T21:43:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshmcdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@joshmcdan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joshmcdan)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-alt-text-to-images-in-slideshow/235936/1 "2007-08-15T21:43:38Z")

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Hello,

The slideshow/picture gallery tutorial really helped me to create a great slideshow for a project I was working on, but I need to add alternative text for the photos when they load. I can’t figure out how to add these in the XML file. I tried adding the alt="" attribute to \<image\> and to \<link\>, but neither worked. Any ideas?

Thanks,

joshmcdan