Today’s topic is JavaScript and image maps.
Remember that Java is not JavaScript (see Web Teacher link below), and that
EVENT+OBJECT=ACTION defines what JavaScript does (here is a demo of event handlers).JavaScript is used in HTML & CSS Chapter 9. There are lots of sites and resources that deal with JavaScript, often under the heading of DHTML. Some other standards include:
- Dynamic Drive with free scripts including Lightbox 2.0 and my Lightbox demo
- A basic tutorial from Web Teacher
- A PDF from TutorialsPoint
- Good up-to-date book-length overview at Eloquent JavaScript that has executable code blocks
Most important, understand the code behind this demo that I put together using mainly pre-defined functions, plus the Last updated script on this page.
And here is a simple image map made in Dreamweaver that shows the code behind the three types of hotspots.Then look at these demos I made to show an image map with window scripts; one with a close script added.
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