Web-fu Question: clickable maps.

[TordelBack]

Don't normally pester the rest of the Squaxx with techie questions, but here goes...

We're trying to do a clickable map with links to previous projects for our website in work (I insist on doing these thinsg in house, based on horrifc past experiences), and using Dreamweaver 8 "hotspots" produced a pretty nice one.  

Of course, that was viewing it in IE.  Firefox and Safari views are a total disaster, with hotspots wandering free across the map depending on the size of the window.  Particularly annoying since we'e a Safari-based office.

My question:  is there any way to make a clickable map browser-independent, without investing in more expensive software?

[Funt Solo]

You don't need expensive software for a clickable map - just Notepad and "da knowledge".

I'm assuming that the clickable areas are essentially just hyperlinks (or can be)?

In that case, I would have thought a client-side image map was the easiest option to implement, as well as being most likely to be cross-browser compatible.

You can probably find out yourself about how to implement an image map either at w3schools or htmldog.

Or, here's my http://www.amenable.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/10ImageMaps.ppt/">powerpoint slides on image maps.  (Right-click and Save As.)

[Funt Solo]

Ah - I put in a trailing slash which is confusing browsers about what to download - either rename the file extension ppt when you get it, or use this link instead:

http://www.amenable.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/10ImageMaps.ppt">2nd chance

[TordelBack]

Funt, don't take this the wrong way, but I love you man.  Sniff.  

Nah, seriously, that's great stuff, thanks a million.  I'll get cracking on that in the morning.