Automatic Image Captioning with SiteflexA great little feature of Siteflex, currently in action on a few sites, but many may not be aware of, is Automatic Image Captioning.

Quite simply, this feature takes additional work out of the equation when dealing with image captions by hijacking the image's Alternative text value.

Alternative text is an already important field to fill out due to accessibility concerns as well as for search-engine optimisation (SEO) purposes. Although it's main purpose is being to describe the image in succinct, neutral terms, often the reality becomes that this same text would also be useful as an image caption.

Auto image captioning allows you to put in the same amount of effort and receive double the benefit. Great!

All Siteflex sites using the new Siteflex Editor (yes, still in Beta) now have the ability to easily select any individual image as one to Auto Caption.

But you can roll it your way too. Would you like every image on your site to automatically caption with no effort by you? You can. This approach might be especially useful for new websites where a fresh approach to content is neccessary and captions can be thought through from the get-go.

Interested in having Auto image captioning enabled on your site by default? Get in contact and let us know.