How to access Alt Text King
dashboard?
In your Shopify admin, go to the Apps
section in navigation and search for Alt Text King
. Click on Alt Text King
app to open the dashboard.
How to navigate the dashboard?
The Alt Text King
The dashboard has two pages. Home page
and App settings
.
Home page
This Home page
shows the Setup guide. You will see the two actions:
Activate app
: Clicking on this button will take you toMaster switch
button onApp settings
page. Enable theMaster switch
to update the alt texts of your product images daily. The step will be checked once you have enabledMaster switch
button.
Create Alt-text template
: Clicking on this button will take you toAlt text template
section onApp settings
page. You need to set anAlt text template
which will be applied to the product images.
You can also see Products scanned, Images scanned, and Alt text updated on the
Home page
Here is the screenshot of the home page
:
App settings
The App settings
page is where you can enable and control the app. It has the following sections:
Master switch
: In this section, you will see theMaster switch
toggle button. If enabled, the app will automatically start updating alt text for product images daily.Schedule updates
: You can update the Alt texts manually byUpdate now
button in this section before the daily schedule.Alt text template
: In this section you will have to add the alt-text template based on which the alt text will be updated in the product images. You can use the following tags to create yourAlt text template
: ,,, and
You can also preview how the alt text is generated for a couple of products.Manage Alt text exceptions
: In this section, you restrict the app from updating alt text for certain images that match the specified pattern in the alt text. You can add the patterns in the text field. The app will not update images that contain these patterns in their alt text. You can update the list or add more patterns. The following patterns are added for exceptions by default: featured,#,youtube,vimeo,youtube and .mp4
Here is the screenshot of the App settings page:
Elements in the dashboard might change since we continuously improve the app.