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jdcopelin

Can I ask why you need to use CGI for that? I think client side imagemaps are acceptable, even in these days of CSS http://www.webcom.com/html/CS_imagemaps.shtml I don't think there is anything stopping you from uploading scripts to your CGI folder and using them. It's more to do with what server resources the script will use - hence why client side image maps are more commonly used. See the knowledgebase article for more info.

Hope this helps,
Jonathan

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markscns

You can get a client side image map program called mapedit to create a local map and have the browser do the map work.

http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/download.html

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jacker

I was going to use CGI because client side image maps aren't necessarily compatible with all browsers. I've already used mapedit to create the map, but using it with CGI doesn't require the browser to support it. I guess I'll try using client side and not worry about it until I have problems.

Thanks for the suggestions!

lonelydreamer

Most browsers these days do support it, and it'll avoid potential problems if the CGI is rather process intensive.

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jacker

Well I took your guys advice and decided to use a client side image map. I've created my image map with mapedit and it works and I like it. I'd like to add javascript to it though using ommouseover and onclick. I was hoping to raise that part of the map onmouseover and then lower it onclick. Any ideas how to do this? I can change the color or flip the image, but not give the illusion of raising or lowering it. Any ideas on how to do this or suggestions on what might look better?

Thanks in advance!

jdcopelin

The only way I think you can achieve this is to "slice" the image up into square/rectangular slices using PhotoShop, Fireworks or similar software. You create two or three versions of the whole image (normal, hover, button down versions). This means managing lots of image files though! You then use simple javascript functions on each "slice" during onmouseover, onmouseclick etc. events. The only drawback is that the different "animations" can't overlap different slices or they won't "join up" properly.

I hope that makes sense. Can't think of any sites I've visited recently that do it this way. I'm doing something very similar with one of my clients navigation menus at www.ibizacharterdirect.com

Regards
Jonathan

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