How To Use Server Based ImageMaps On TurnPike

ImageMaps provide a graphical method that can help your users navigate.

To incorporate ImageMaps, follow these instructions:

Create an ImageMap for a graphic file (ie. GIF or JPG) using a commercial or shareware tool.
Put the ImageMap ".map" file and it's associated graphic file in your public_html directory.

Anchor the ImageMap to the associated graphic file using HTML tags similar to:

 <A HREF = http://turnpike.net/~yourlogin/amap.map>
 <IMG SRC = http://turnpike.net/~yourlogin/agif.gif ISMAP> </A>

 where 	"yourlogin" is your TurnPike login id
	 "amap.map" is the name of the ImageMap file
	 "agif.gif" is the name of the graphic file

Some common mistakes are:

References in map files must be absolute. In other words, they must include a complete URL, not just a filename.
Forgetting the < /A > end anchor reference.
Not using an NCSA compliant map file.
Forgetting the ISMAP directive.
Forgetting the ~ before your login id.