DinkMap Documentation

To use dinkMap you need two images:

• The normal image that will be displayed as the the imagemap
• The highlighted image, upon which you've highlighted/embossed/blurred/twirled or done whatever you want it to look like when the mouse passes over a link

  Here are the Parameters you can modify:

<PARAM NAME= normal VALUE="url_of_normal_image">

<PARAM NAME= highlight VALUE="url_of_highlighted_image">

<PARAM NAME= number VALUE="number_of_link_areas">

<PARAM NAME= linkn VALUE= "top_x,top_y,bottom_x,bottom_y,url_to_link_to,status_indicator,url_of_sound OR nosound, frame_name OR noframe">

The values shown in italics are meant to be replaced by user-specific values. The parameter number is the number of hotspots or buttons you have created. The link parameter specifies what happens when a user clicks on the button, with n representing the number you have given to each button. (In our example there are four such links: link1, link2, link3 and link4.) The value for each link is a string of instructions to be executed when that button is clicked. The first four places in the value string are x,y map coordinates. Status indicator is the message you want displayed in the browser status window. Enter nosound and noframe when you do not wish to specify a sound or target a frame. In addition, the user may specify a line, indicating that the program is to run in debug mode, during which the applet will display in the browser status window the x,y coordinate of the mouse as it enters a link. This is useful in mapping and verifying the coordinates:

 

<PARAM NAME=debug VALUE="yes">