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How to create an Image Map

WebExpress lets you create an image map out of an existing graphic with a simple point-and-click process. During the process, you draw an outline with your mouse around the areas you want to specify as the “hot spots” in the map.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Insert a graphic image on the web page (all image maps are associated with particular graphics, i.e., you can’t just create a hot spot to be placed anywhere on a page)

2. Click the image to select it.

3. Right-click the image and choose Image Map Properties from the pop-up menu. The Picture/Maps information window opens.

4. Select the location of the image map. If the image map resides on the Internet server (as opposed to the current web page or inside your web site), check the Server Side box. If the map resides on the client side, click either Current Page (if that's the only place it will appear), or web site (if the graphic will appear throughout the site).

5. Enter a name for the new map in the Name field. For example, if you’re creating a map that lets the user navigate around your site, you could type Navigate.

6. Click Add to display the Image Map editing window. The graphic will be displayed in the preview window.

7. Click one of the hot spot types in the Shape list. Each selection specifies a different geometric shape. The Rectangle type is the most common.

8. Create the hot spot by outlining a portion of the graphic with your mouse. Trace around the piece of the image where you want the hot spot, clicking and dragging the mouse to create the hot spot outline.

9. Enter a URL or web page in the HREF field and click OK.