HTML Image Map Hover Function Options

[bnew10]

Hello, let me preface my post by stating that I am a beginner when it comes to HTML code. I apologize ahead for my ignorance...

Now my questions, I am in the process of creating an image for the company I work for. Basically, I used Illustrator and have created an image with the goal of "mapping" particular areas of this image to create a "hover" effect. I am not sure if these are the correct terms to describe my goal. None the less, I have about 9 separate areas of this image that I would like a small text box to appear when someone rolls their mouse over each area. The text that appears on the rollover would be short and not too lengthy.

I have read a little into the process of "image mapping", but I do not need the mapped area to send someone to a different URL. I just want some simple text to appear to describe/explain the area of the image that folks are hovering above with their mouse. I am not sure if image mapping is still the process I need to pursue, or if there is a whole different process I need to use to achieve this goal?

Keep in mind I am unfamiliar with HTML terms and process (I went to school in a completely unrelated field) but I have enjoyed doing some very basic editing online. Typically, I have used a composer application to assist me with the technical process of HTML editing. Obviously, my goal would be to add this image to several different areas of our website, and allow this image to function as stated above. It appears that this is possible to do, and I have my image done and ready to edit to reflect the desired function.

If this helps, the image is that of a baseball diamond. The goal is when a customer hovers over a specific position on the field the text box would appear explaining the position further, then vanish when they moved their mouse away from that specific area.

Any help or links that might be helpful will be much appreciated. Thank you all...

[pandy]

How simple is OK? The most basic approach is to use the title attribute with the AREA tags of your image map.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#title

[bnew10]

How simple is OK? The most basic approach is to use the title attribute with the AREA tags of your image map.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#title

@Pandy,

Thank you for the reply. Do you have a link you could provide that shows an image using this type of effect? I am curious at to what the text would look like when hovering the mouse above the specific area. Also, using this process does it allow defining a particular area of my image and allow for different text to appear when hovering over each specific area? I could not locate any coordinates in the HTML on the link you provided that implied you could mark certain areas for this hover option...

thanks again.

[pandy]

'title' can be used with almost any element. There is no special procedure for each one. It's just an attribute. It produces the typical pale yellow tooltip box.

Let's see if I got the coordinates right here now...

CODE

<img src="http://htmlhelp.com/icon/wdglogo.gif" width="250" height="74" usemap="#map" alt="Webdesign Group">

<map name="map">
   <area coords="0,0,125,75" title="This is the left side">
   <area coords="125,0,250,75" title="This is the right side">
</map>

[bnew10]

'title' can be used with almost any element. There is no special procedure for each one. It's just an attribute. It produces the typical pale yellow tooltip box.

Let's see if I got the coordinates right here now...

CODE

<img src="http://htmlhelp.com/icon/wdglogo.gif" width="250" height="74" usemap="#map" alt="Webdesign Group">

<map name="map">
   <area coords="0,0,125,75" title="This is the left side">
   <area coords="125,0,250,75" title="This is the right side">
</map>

Ok, so whatever the "title" is equal to will be what the text field will show when hovering over the "area coords"?

Also, I do not have to determine my locations before uploading the image to our server, correct? My HTML text will determine the properties of that image, as far as where on the image the hovering will activate the pop-up text? Basically, I upload my image to our browser, provide that image source, and then have my HTML text detail how that image will interact online?

[pandy]

Ok, so whatever the "title" is equal to will be what the text field will show when hovering over the "area coords"?

Yup. You've seen it before. Every time you've seen those yellow boxes it has been title in action.

Also, I do not have to determine my locations before uploading the image to our server, correct? My HTML text will determine the properties of that image, as far as where on the image the hovering will activate the pop-up text? Basically, I upload my image to our browser, provide that image source, and then have my HTML text detail how that image will interact online?

Not sure I follow how you mean. It will work online and locally. The coordinates are relative the image dimensions.

[bnew10]

Ok, so whatever the "title" is equal to will be what the text field will show when hovering over the "area coords"?

Yup. You've seen it before. Every time you've seen those yellow boxes it has been title in action.

Also, I do not have to determine my locations before uploading the image to our server, correct? My HTML text will determine the properties of that image, as far as where on the image the hovering will activate the pop-up text? Basically, I upload my image to our browser, provide that image source, and then have my HTML text detail how that image will interact online?

Not sure I follow how you mean. It will work online and locally. The coordinates are relative the image dimensions.

Sorry, I will attempt to explain better. I just wanted to confirm that there is nothing I need to do to an image other than upload it to our server, if I want to map out different areas of that image. Basically, I can add coordinates to create the hovering title box to any image online as long as I know the URL of the image and the coordinates I need to map out on the image itself, correct? The image itself does not require any editing to allow this hovering function?

Thanks again!

[pandy]

Now I'm with you. Yes, that is correct. You don't need to do anything to the image itself.