Guides / Image alternatives

Hand off a batch carefully

Choose a manifest, a report or reviewed snippets.

Altfolio is a drafting desk, not a content-management integration. Attach images, record context, review drafts and choose an export for the next step. The app does not upload the images or change your website.

Three distinct formats

JSON is a restorable manifest containing filenames, purposes, notes, drafts and review marks. It contains no image pixels. CSV is a report of every draft, including unfinished work. Reviewed HTML contains image tags and becomes available when every draft is reviewed.

Restore your previews

Import JSON, then attach the original images again. Matching filenames reconnect previews without overwriting drafts. Names must be unique within the desk. Rename local copies when different images share a filename.

Check publication paths

HTML snippets use URL-encoded filenames as relative paths. Replace them with the correct location on your website. Copying a snippet is not proof that the image and alternative are integrated correctly. Exports do not embed alt text in the original image files.

Keep a backup

Work exists only in the open tab. Download a manifest before closing. Undo can restore list replacements and removals during that session; it is not permanent backup or a character-by-character writing history.