Invalid alt attribute on <a> elements in About Us speaker links

[alexwolson]

Summary

The About Us page uses alt="..." on an <a> element, which is not a valid HTML attribute for anchor elements. It has no effect and also contains a typo (speark.title instead of speaker.title).

Affected location

_pages/about-us.md:43

<a href="{{speaker.url}}" alt="{{speark.title}}"><h4>{{ speaker.title }}</h4></a>

Fix

Remove the invalid alt attribute. The link already contains a visible <h4> with the speaker's name, which serves as the accessible name for the link. No replacement attribute is needed.

<a href="{{speaker.url}}"><h4>{{ speaker.title }}</h4></a>

Note: wrapping a heading in an <a> is valid HTML and a common pattern. The heading text becomes the link's accessible name automatically.

WCAG criterion

4.1.1 Parsing (Level A)