You're in luck - ALA did an article in Accessible Image maps recently
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagemap/
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:49:30 -0600, Shane Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This looks good. Is there a way to specify more links with one image?
> What I mean is, can you make a background image an image map?
> Or better yet, can you have a image referenced in CSS that have have
> hot spots for the image to make it an image map? Or is the best
> solution to have an image in the html file and specify the map there
> (keeping content separated)? My true problem is that I have started
> hand coding just about all my code, but I still have to rely on
> Dreamweaver to click on my image and then put in hot spots for an image
> map. Is there a better way or are image maps considered as being
> unaccessible?
>
> Sorry for all the questions. This may be all summed up in one answer.
>
> Thank you,
> Shane Helm
> { sonzeDesignStudioâ
>
> On Jul 4, 2004, at 9:19 PM, Lee Roberts wrote:
>
> > Ok, my question is why the H2? What standard are you trying to
> > promote with
> > that concept?
> >
> > Using an H2 in that manner breaks accessibility.
> >
> > Why wouldn't you do this?
> >
> > a#bG{
> > background: url(image.gif) no-repeat;
> > height: 20px;
> > width:220px;
> > display: block;
> > line-height: 20px;}
> >
> > <a href="#" id="bG" title="destination of the link"></a>
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Lee Roberts
> > http://www.roserockdesign.com
> > http://www.applepiecart.com
> >
>
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