--- /home/httpd/TWiki20021230beta Folder/lib/TWiki-org.pm       Tue Jan  7 22:51:52 2003
+++ /home/httpd/TWiki20021230beta Folder/lib/TWiki.pm   Thu Jan 23 14:01:27 2003
@@ -1985,12 +2019,17 @@
 {
     my( $web, $topic, $meta, $args ) = @_;
     
+    if ( ! $meta ) {
+       return;
+    }
+    
     my $text = "";
 
     my $dontRecurse = 0;
     my $noWebHome = 0;
     my $prefix = "";
     my $suffix = "";
+    my $alttext;
     my $usesep = "";
 
     if( $args ) {
@@ -1998,6 +2037,7 @@
        $noWebHome =   extractNameValuePair( $args, "nowebhome" );
        $prefix =      extractNameValuePair( $args, "prefix" );
        $suffix =      extractNameValuePair( $args, "suffix" );
+       $alttext = extractNameValuePair( $args, "alttext" );
        $usesep =      extractNameValuePair( $args, "separator" );
     }
@@ -2046,7 +2086,9 @@
             last;
         }
     }
-
+       if ($text eq "") {
+               return $alttext;
+       }
     if( $text && $prefix ) {
        $text = "$prefix$text";
     }