Re: image maps

by Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg(at)idyllmtn.com>

Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:39:35 -0800
To:	Pierre Malraison <pierremal(at)yahoo.com>, aware-techniques(at)hwg.org
References:	yahoo
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At 7:06 PM -0800 1/23/02, Pierre Malraison wrote:
>Hi list,
>i have an image map.
>When i look at it in lynx all i get is:
>
>  [USEMAP:geo-afri.gif]
>if i click on it i get
>   45. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=mz
>   46. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=mw
>   47. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=ls
>   48. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=mg
>   49. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=mu
>   50. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=za
>   51. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=td
>   52. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=cv
>   53. http://www.kabissa.org/directory/index.php?cc=sc
>
>is there any additonal decoration to at least
>add a comment that cc= is country abbreviations?

Add alt attributes to each <area>, I believe that will do the
trick.  Also, add an alt attribute to the map itself if you
haven't already.

Do you have a page with this sample code on it?

--Kynn

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