Most logos on the Members page use a null attribute for the logos. Although this would normally be preferable because the members are named right under the logo as well, these logos are links to the description page of the member on cellproject.net. This means they are empty links, as assistive technologies have to indicate that there is a link but cannot say what it will link to.
Moreover, the logos in the footer link to the external websites of the corresponding database. These all lack the alt attribute altogether, also leading to empty links.
Proposed changes to meet the success criteria
1) Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor elements, in this case the name of the database, on both the Members page and in the footer.
Note: CIBERIA and ELMCIP are the only ones that has an alt text now on the Members page, but it is “CIBERIA logo” and “logo ELMCIP”, so the link text would be more functional.
2) On the members page, we can also choose to keep the logos as decorative and remove their links (the text underneath links to the same page twice already, both in the title and ‘read more’).
Current State
Most logos on the Members page use a null attribute for the logos. Although this would normally be preferable because the members are named right under the logo as well, these logos are links to the description page of the member on cellproject.net. This means they are empty links, as assistive technologies have to indicate that there is a link but cannot say what it will link to.
Moreover, the logos in the footer link to the external websites of the corresponding database. These all lack the alt attribute altogether, also leading to empty links.
Proposed changes to meet the success criteria
1) Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor elements, in this case the name of the database, on both the Members page and in the footer. Note: CIBERIA and ELMCIP are the only ones that has an alt text now on the Members page, but it is “CIBERIA logo” and “logo ELMCIP”, so the link text would be more functional.
2) On the members page, we can also choose to keep the logos as decorative and remove their links (the text underneath links to the same page twice already, both in the title and ‘read more’).