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Image Maps

Add an Image Map:        Click the "Insert an Image Map" button on the "Standard" toolbar

Image maps allow portions of an image to be selected for different links.  Examples could be: You have one image with text for different links but you would need to split up the image for individual hyperlinks.   Image Maps solve this problem and work with the majority of modern browsers.

Links for the image map are defined as areas, and use co-ordinate geometery for precision.

Options for "Image Map" Window:

Name of Image Map - Specifies the name of an image map

Options for "Map Area" Window:

Left X specifies the left most x-axis co-ordinate to begin drawing the image map at

Left Y specifies the left most y-axis co-ordinate to begin drawing the image map at

Right X specifies the right most x-axis co-ordinate to finish drawing the image map at

Right Y specifies the right most y-axis co-ordinate to finish drawing the image map at

Hyperlink specifies the page to be show when the area is click upon.

Using an image map inside an image:

Example: <img src="..." map="mapname">