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I am in a web development class for college and man the one thing that is killing me here is creating an image map. I have tried following the instructions in the book and finding websites to help me out. But I just can't do that. I figured it would be easier than creating frames (which I can do), but it seems to me it isn't. Any help would be great. Thanks.

Image maps are not something I would recommend doing by hand. Whenever I do image maps, I usually Macromedia Fireworks, but I am sure there is other freeware somewhere. It can be done by hand though if you want to. But it is tough, especially if the regions you want to be links are not perfect squares. The get infinitely harder when you introduce polygons. For a good bit of information on image maps, check out my extra credit homework I did involving image maps for a web programming class I took a couple of years ago. Here is the page:

http://elvis.rowan.edu/~mieskola/WebProgramming/region/assignment3.html

Make sure you view the source to check out how I defined the regions. Notice also how the the regions overlap, and how the browser handles it. If you have a more detailed questions, let me know.

PS: The web server the above page is hosted on is running slowly right now, so be patient!

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutors/imagemap.html

When I was teaching myself HTML I learned a heck of a lot from http://www.htmlgoodies.com and http://www.javagoodies.com

Great place to check out for a few hints.

html goodies is a damn good site you can also map images in PSP by goign to

File > Export > Image mapper

Thanks soo much guys. I am going to check out what you all have to offer. Midterm is this Saturday and need to have an image map. Hopefully the rest of the class was as lost as myself. If I have any more detailed questions I will PM ya. Thanks.