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Image Maps

Image maps are clickable regions on your images that make your links more visually appealing and your site more interesting.
Pros and Cons of Image Maps
Image maps used to be extremely popular. But now you hardly ever see them. It could be that they became less popular as other features such as CSS came into the foreground. Or it could be that they are useful only in certain situations and should generally be avoided.
Alt Text on Image Maps
One of the biggest problems with image maps is that they can be very inaccessible. One way to make them at least a tiny bit better is to add alternative text to each item. With alt text and titles on the image map clickable areas, your maps will be better received by your customers.
How to Build Image Maps Without an Image Map Editor
Learn how to build an image map without an image map editor. It only takes a couple of HTML tags. Image maps are easier than they seem at first.
Image Map
Definition of the term image map as it applies to Web pages and Web development.
Image Maps
A quick overview on how to create an image map. From your HTML Guide, Jennifer Kyrnin.
The map Element
How to use the image map tag.
The area Element
How to use the area tag for image maps.
Create an Image Map with Dreamweaver MX
It's easy to use Dreamweaver to create an image map directly on the image you're mapping.
How to Create an Image Map With Microsoft FrontPage
It's easy to use FrontPage to create an image map directly on the image you're mapping.
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