RE: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-25 Thread Paul Novitski
At 5/24/2007 09:49 PM, Geoff Pack wrote: If the image is a map, and you want to link areas of it, then an image map is the semantically correct solution. Faking them with lists and CSS is no better than using tables for layout IMHO. Wouldn't that depend on whether you thought of the map as

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Raine
sure... google = imagemap Felisimina Jom wrote: Hi Everyone We are trying to put together a map of Australia where the states appear on hover and are clickable. As I understand it, the hover state can't be used in area so I wonder if there is a way to display the States on hover without

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Adeline Yaw
Hi Felisimina, Try this tutorial- http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/index.html Scroll to the bottom of the Demos page to view tutorials on Image Maps (all CSS). Adeline Felisimina Jom wrote: Hi Everyone We are trying to put together a map of Australia where

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On 25 May 2007, at 11:44 AM, Felisimina Jom wrote: We are trying to put together a map of Australia where the states appear on hover and are clickable.   As I understand it, the hover state can't be used in area so I wonder if there is a way to display the States on hover without using

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread John Faulds
You could probably use this techique: http://alistapart.com/articles/sprites On Fri, 25 May 2007 11:44:15 +1000, Felisimina Jom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone We are trying to put together a map of Australia where the states appear on hover and are clickable. As I understand

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Peter Ottery
re - Has anybody seen or created way of displaying States on hover using CSS only? Hi Felisimina, have a look at the front of http://www.domain.com.au/ i worked on a previous version a while ago (so dont shoot me for any other code on the site ;-) it uses a sprite image for the hover - check

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Kane Tapping
Hi , Use css to change the offset of the background image, this technique can be combined with a text replacement (negative text indent in thie case) to provide accessible labels. A simple example can be seen in the navigation on this page: http://www.harmonynaturaltherapies.com/ which all

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Felisimina Jom
Brilliant! Thanks to everyone who has responded already. All have been very useful. Felisimina - Original Message - From: John Faulds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map You could

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Paul Novitski
At 5/24/2007 07:10 PM, Peter Ottery wrote: re - Has anybody seen or created way of displaying States on hover using CSS only? have a look at the front of http://www.domain.com.au/ Very nicely done. Of course the problem was made easier by the fact that most of the borders between

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Felisimina wrote: We are trying to put together a map of Australia where the states appear on hover and are clickable. As I understand it, the hover state can't be used in area so I wonder if there is a way to display the States on hover without using javascript? Hello Felisimina,

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Sander Aarts
Paul Novitski schreef: Of course the problem was made easier by the fact that most of the borders between Australian states are on the horizontal or vertical, ... Just what I thought. I whished that I lived in a country with borders like that ;-) Often clicked myself instant RSI creating

RE: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Geoff Pack
If the image is a map, and you want to link areas of it, then an image map is the semantically correct solution. Faking them with lists and CSS is no better than using tables for layout IMHO. Geoff. == The

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Paul Novitski
At 5/24/2007 09:14 PM, Sander Aarts wrote: Paul Novitski schreef: Of course the problem was made easier by the fact that most of the borders between Australian states are on the horizontal or vertical, ... Just what I thought. I whished that I lived in a country with borders like that ;-)

Re: [WSG] Map of Australia Image Map

2007-05-24 Thread Peter Ottery
Paul wrote: Of course the problem was made easier by the fact that most of the borders between Australian states are on the horizontal or vertical, but you handled the major exception between NSW and VIC excellently by expressing ACT as a strategically-placed and -sized rectangle. Good work!