Add field for media alt

main/migrations/0005_thought_media_alt.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2021-05-01 20:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0004_thought_media'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='thought',
+            name='media_alt',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True),
+        ),
+    ]

main/models.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Thought(models.Model):
     posted = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     timezone_offset = models.IntegerField()  # The number of minutes behind UTC we were when this was posted
     media = models.FileField(upload_to="", blank=True)  # A single image, video, or sound clip per post
+    media_alt = models.TextField(blank=True)  # An optional transcription of the Thought's media
 
     def get_media_type(self):
         if not self.media:

main/templates/whispermaphone/index.html

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
                 <span class="extended-text text">{{thought.extended_text}}</span>
                 {% with file_type=thought.get_media_type %}
                     {% if file_type == "png" or file_type == "jpeg" %}
-                        <img src="{{ thought.media.url }}" class="extended-media">
+                        <img src="{{ thought.media.url }}" class="extended-media" alt="{{ thought.media_alt }}">
                     {% elif file_type == "m4a" or file_type == "mp3" or file_type == "aac" %}
                         <audio controls src="{{ thought.media.url }}" class="extended-media"></audio>
                     {% elif file_type == "mov" or file_type == "mp4" %}