Change alt tag for VRMS Project image on events page to adhere to WCAG

[kathrynsilvaconway]

Overview

We need to ensure that alt text for images adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). For this issue, we will change the alt text for the westside location on Events page.

Details

Designers and PMs identified that some alt texts in the Events page should be changed because they are either inaccurate or too long. Ideally, alt text should be descriptive but short and succinct. According to the WCAG page, an accompanying alt text should be short. Additionally, the Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) recommends for alt text to be no more than 100 characters.

Action Items

• For the file _includes/events-page/our-locations-content.html, change line 53 for the alt text:

from

<img id="mini-img" src="../assets/images/projects/vrms.png" alt="VRMS Project" />

to

<img id="mini-img" src="../assets/images/projects/vrms.png" alt="" />

• For merge team: Once the pull request associated with this issue is approved and merged, please update and edit epic Creating issues to update alt texts on Events page #3132 by
  • Checking off the dependency for this issue
  • If all dependencies are checked off, please move issue Creating issues to update alt texts on Events page #3132 to the New Issue Approval column and remove the Dependency label

Resources/Instructions

• This issue is part of epic Creating issues to update alt texts on Events page #3132
• Events page
• Alt text decision Tree
• FAE rule 4: alt text should be less than 100 characters

File and code links you will need to work on this issue

• Directory to find the page once you have it in your IDE: _includes/events-page/our-locations-content.html
• Click on the link below to see the source file code:
  

  website/_includes/events-page/our-locations-content.html

  Line 5 in c88d715

  <img class="location-image" src="../assets/images/hack-nights/westside1.png" alt="westside" />

Information about WCAG

• WCAG
• Web Accessibility Tutorials: Decorative Images
• WCAG section on alt text

[github-actions]

Hi @kathrynsilvaconway.

Please don't forget to add the proper labels to this issue. Currently, the labels for the following are missing:
Size, Role, Feature

NOTE: Please ignore the adding proper labels comment if you do not have 'write' access to this directory.

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Also, don't forget to remove the "missing labels" afterwards.
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After the proper labels are added, the merge team will review the issue and add a "Ready for Milestone" label once it is ready for prioritization.

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[JessicaLucindaCheng]

• Due to changes in Events page: Remove projects from Our Locations section #3027, this issue is no longer valid because that image no longer exists on the page.