How to write a caption under an image?

Question

I have two images that need to kept inline; I want to write a caption under each image.

Answer 1

CSS is your friend; there is no need for the center tag (not to mention it is quite depreciated) nor the excessive non-breaking spaces. Here is a simple example:

CSS

.images {
    text-align:center;
}
.images img {
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
}
.images div {
    width:100px;
    text-align:center;
}
.images div span {
    display:block;
}
.margin_right {
    margin-right:50px;
}
.float {
    float:left;
}
.clear {
    clear:both;
    height:0;
    width:0;
}

HTML

<div class="images">
    <div class="float margin_right">
        <a href="http://xyz.com/hello"><img src="hello.png" width="100px" height="100px" /></a>
        <span>This is some text</span>
    </div>
    <div class="float">
        <a href="http://xyz.com/hi"><img src="hi.png" width="100px" height="100px" /></a>
        <span>And some more text</span>
    </div>
    <span class="clear"></span>
</div>

Answer 2

Figure and Figcaption tags:

<figure>
    <img src='image.jpg' alt='missing' />
    <figcaption>Caption goes here</figcaption>
</figure>

Gotta love HTML5.

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See sample

#container {
    text-align: center;
}
a, figure {
    display: inline-block;
}
figcaption {
    margin: 10px 0 0 0;
    font-variant: small-caps;
    font-family: Arial;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #bb3333;
}
figure {
    padding: 5px;
}
img:hover {
    transform: scale(1.1);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.1);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.1);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.1);
    -o-transform: scale(1.1);
}
img {
    transition: transform 0.2s;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.2s;
    -moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.2s;
    -o-transition: -o-transform 0.2s;
}

<div id="container">
    <a href="#">
        <figure>
            <img src="http://lorempixel.com/100/100/nature/1/" width="100px" height="100px" />
            <figcaption>First image</figcaption>
        </figure>
    </a>
    <a href="#">
        <figure>
             <img src="http://lorempixel.com/100/100/nature/2/" width="100px" height="100px" />
            <figcaption>Second image</figcaption>
        </figure>
    </a>
</div>

Answer 3

To be more semantically correct and answer the OPs orginal question about aligning them side by side I would use this:

HTML

<div class="items">
<figure>
    <img src="hello.png" width="100px" height="100px">
    <figcaption>Caption 1</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
    <img src="hi.png" width="100px" height="100px"> 
    <figcaption>Caption 2</figcaption>
</figure></div>

CSS

.items{
text-align:center;
margin:50px auto;}


.items figure{
margin:0px 20px;
display:inline-block;
text-decoration:none;
color:black;}

https://jsfiddle.net/c7borg/jLzc6h72/3/

Answer 4

<div style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; overflow: hidden;">
  <div style="float: left;">
    <a href="http://xyz.com/hello"><img src="hello.png" width="100px" height="100px"></a>
    caption 1
  </div>
 <div style="float: left;">
   <a href="http://xyz.com/hi"><img src="hi.png" width="100px" height="100px"></a>
   caption 2                      
 </div>
</div>

Answer 5

CSS

#images{
    text-align:center;
    margin:50px auto; 
}
#images a{
    margin:0px 20px;
    display:inline-block;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:black;
 }

HTML

<div id="images">
    <a href="http://xyz.com/hello">
        <img src="hello.png" width="100px" height="100px">
        <div class="caption">Caption 1</div>
    </a>
    <a href="http://xyz.com/hi">
        <img src="hi.png" width="100px" height="100px"> 
        <div class="caption">Caption 2</div>
    </a>
</div>​

​A fiddle is here.

Answer 6

For responsive images. You can add the picture and source tags within the figure tag.

<figure>
  <picture>
    <source media="(min-width: 750px)" srcset="images/image_2x.jpg"/>
    <source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="images/image.jpg" />
    <img src="images.jpg" alt="An image">
  </picture>
  <figcaption>Caption goes here</figcaption>
</figure>