Posted by Els on 11/23/06 07:08

Slick50 wrote:

> Just starting to learn HTML, and came across a problem with an image map.
> What I want to happen is to click on a picture, and display another picture.
> FF works great, but in IE6 the link is inactive. I presume this is simple to
> fix, but searches have come up empty. The code validates strict 4.01
> successfully. Unclear as to whether the problem is with the IMG or MAP
> tags - have tinkered with both but have yet to find the combo that works.
>
> http://www.scojul.homedns.org

1) it needs a # before the name of the map in the usemap attribute:
usemap=#map.

2) Why are you using image maps at all?
Just make them normal links:
<a href="images/hannahfirestation.jpg"><img
src="images/thumb_hannahfirestation.jpg" alt="Hannah"></a>

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