Preserved Topic: Image map help

Hey all,
I am very new to dhtml, and im trying to get a site put together. The problem im running into in withImage maps (may not be the proper term).
I have an image and I have cut it into sections now I want to reconstruct it on my page, but im clueless as to the coding to do it. Ihave looked at a few pages but im having troubble sifting through to find the section im looking for. if anybody could be so kind as to gimme a brief rundown of an image map code or point me to a good book id thank you

tables tables tables
check this out--see if it helps. http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum2/HTML/000356.html



[This message has been edited by mobrul (edited 29-12-2000).]

If you have a whole image you are posting to a site and you want certain sections of the graphic to be hotlinked, then messing with image maps is what you are after. On the other hand, if the graphic is really big then you probably need to slice and dice that bugger to help with your load time.

If you cut apart a graphic and want to piece it back together in HTML in order to incorporate animation and the like, then tables are the solution. Tables are tricky once you first try to learn them, but are not so bad once you get used to them.

Tell us what end result you are trying for and we could probably better help you.

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Thanks a bunch everyone. I think I need to look at building a table. Id like to have areas of my image hotlinked, to other areas of my site.

Hmm... I remember, a long time ago, stumbling across a page on ozones.com where Doc explained how he makes tables for his images... I wonder if I can find it again...

[insert much searching here]

Aha! found it. First, look at the interface itself...
http://www.ozones.com/swirlydex.html

Then look at this explanation of it:
http://www.ozones.com/swirls-howto.html

I guess it doesn't actually explain how to make the table, but it may be worth looking at anyway.

I think I still need to finish it but there is my tables tute at the GN
(I am only missing my last Lesson otherwise it should get you going) http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/html/tablestute_L1.html


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Just wanted to thank everybody for all the help. Im still working on the page and still have a multitude of questions, Im just trying to sort them into an understandable language . Here is the site thus far, Check it out if ya want, and let me know what you think. Be honest please. and remember right now nothing is really working.

http://odin.prohosting.com/~Drakkis/

Speaking of nothing's really working, im trying ot add a few buttons, well more like tabs. I want then to slide out from under the interface, but im having a rough time figuring out how to accomplish this. is there a way to make multiple layers? or am I going to have to try and tackle transparent gifs?

again thanks everyone

[This message has been edited by Drkkis (edited 01-11-2001).]