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img Alt tag TV not working

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    orionweb Reply #1, 13 years, 6 months ago
    I have a TV called TV_Article_Feature_Image which allows the user to choose an image to be displayed. I also want the user to be able to enter a description for this image.

    I saw an old post that mentioned that you can put a TV in the "Alternate Text:" field under Output options of the image TV. This should then output the content of that TV as part of the image tag.

    I made a TV called [[*TV_Article_Feature_Image_AltTag]] and put this in the "Alternate Text:" field under Output options of the image TV

    The Chunk looks like this:

    <div class=artlogo><a href="[[~[[+id]]]]">[[+tv.TV_Article_Feature_Image]]</a></div>


    But the output of the image tag is always Alt="" huh

    What have I done wrong?
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      Bruno17 Reply #2, 13 years, 6 months ago
      what is your current getResource-tag?
      you will need to add the includeTVs and optionaly the includeTVList - properties

      and for processing the TV-outputs also processTVs and processTVList

      http://rtfm.modx.com/display/ADDON/getResources
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        orionweb Reply #3, 13 years, 6 months ago
        Thank you for your reply.

        The getresource tag I'm using looks like
        [[getResources? &includeTVs=`1` &processTVs=`1`&tpl=`Chunk_Intro_InfoTpl`&sortby=`{"menuindex":"ASC"}`]]


        I will read up on what the other options you mentioned and give it a try.
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          orionweb Reply #4, 13 years, 5 months ago
          I've finally managed to make it work!

          The GetResource looks like this:
          [[getResources? &depth=`0` &includeTVs=`1` &processTVs=`1` &includeTVList=`TV_Article_Feature_Image,TV_Article_Feature_Image_AltTag` &processTVList`H4HAU_TV_Article_Feature_Image,TV_Article_Feature_Image_AltTag` &tpl=`Chunk_Intro_InfoTpl`&sortby=`{"menuindex":"ASC"}`]]


          The Chunk_Intro_InfoTpl chunk looks like this:
          <div class=artlogo><a href="[[~[[+id]]]]">[[+tv.TV_Article_Feature_Image]]</a></div><div style="margin-left:168px;">
		<h3 style="line-height:1.2em"><a href="[[~[[+id]]]]">[[+pagetitle]]</a></h3>
		<p>[[+introtext]]</p>
	</div>


          The "Output Option":Alternate Tag: of the TV_Article_Feature_Image looks like this "[[+tv.TV_Article_Feature_Image_AltTag]]"

          The +tv.TV_Article_Feature_Image_AltTag is probaly what made it worked! Is processTVs the setting that makes it turn the TV_Article_Feature_Image_AltTag into actual text the the user entered?