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How To Make An Imagemap

Introduction

Imagemaps are graphics used in HTML web pages, containing hyperlinked regions. When the a user clicks within a region, the user is typically sent to an associated web page.

By way of illustration, consider an imagemap containing a map of the world. When the user clicks on the region corresponding to a particular country, the user might be sent to a web page about that country.

(By the way, you needn't limit your use of imagemaps to represent actual maps. You could, for example, use an imagemap to enable different clickable regions on your web site's navigation controls).

In this tutorial, I'll explain over three chapters how to create your own imagemaps:

Server-Side Imagemaps
I'll begin by introducing you to Server-Side imagemaps. I don't recommend doing things this way for reasons that will soon become clear, so I'll just show you the basics of how it works, as well as give you links to web sites where you can find out more.
Client-Side Imagemaps
Next, I'll show you you how to create imagemaps in HTML code that user's browsers (Client-Side) will figure out.
Easier Ways To Make Imagemaps
By this point, you'll have a good idea of the technical details behind imagemaps, but you'll probably also be daunted by the amount of work involved in creating them (they can be hard work to do manually!). So, we'll finish up by discussing easier ways to create imagemaps. I think that you'll like this.

Related Software:

Trellian ImageMapper
Trellian Image Mapper is the quickest way to create image mapped images for your website. Full support for hyperlinked rectangles, circles and even polygon regions is provided and you can import all your current image maps. After you have created your image map, Trellian Image Mapper will generate the required HTML code ready to be pasted directly into your favorite HTML editor. You can even use the built-in image map previewer.
Web Hotspots
Software for creating Client-Side Imagemaps.

How To Make An Imagemap:

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