5709a7858d5c197721be66d5218a79124abadb70
lrnassar
  Tue Mar 17 08:46:31 2026 -0700
Adding alt text to images across static documentation pages, CGI headers, markdown docs, and Pandoc templates. Content images receive AI-generated descriptive alt text; decorative images (icons, spacers, toggles) receive alt="" per WCAG best practice. Also adds Image Descriptions section to the accessibility page, and fixes Pandoc Lua writers to output alt attributes. 67 files, covering help docs, news archive, ENCODE pages, portal pages, and session examples. refs #37254

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/liftOver.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/liftOver.html
index ddc5e2220e3..e9f6d251f34 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/liftOver.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/liftOver.html
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!--#set var="TITLE" value="Genome Browser Track LiftOver" -->
 <!--#set var="ROOT" value="../.." -->
 
 <!-- Relative paths to support mirror sites with non-standard GB docs install -->
 <!--#include virtual="$ROOT/inc/gbPageStart.html" -->
 
 <h1>LiftOver of tracks from previous to new assembly</h1>
 <p> 
-The tracks indicated by a &quot;ball&quot; logo (e.g., <img class="gbsInlineImg" 
+The tracks indicated by a &quot;ball&quot; logo (e.g., <img alt="" class="gbsInlineImg" 
 src="../../../images/17.jpg" width="20" height="20"> and 
-<img class="gbsInlineImg" src="../../../images/18.jpg" width="20" height="20">) have been lifted 
+<img alt="" class="gbsInlineImg" src="../../../images/18.jpg" width="20" height="20">) have been lifted 
 from a previous assembly of the same organism with a minimum of quality control scrutiny (e.g., have
 been lifted from hg17 or hg18 to a later human assembly). The number indicated on the logo indicates
 the version of the assembly that the track was lifted from. These tracks are provided to our users 
 with the intent that they assist in interpretation of other data, but must be used with caution. Not
 all annotations remain intact when lifted in this manner and in any case, cannot by definition 
 contain any sequence that is new to the newer assembly.</p> 
 <p> 
 It should also be noted that tracks containing large regions will not lift as well because of the 
 increased chance of spanning a region that has changed between the two assemblies.</p>
 
 <!--#include virtual="$ROOT/inc/gbPageEnd.html" -->