Php code for adding multiple links on a .gif file

Hi everyone,

I have a technical question

I have an 8-picture .gif banner. What I want to do is to link each of these 8 pictures to a different page. (This is a nice example: http://www.tv.com/ - all five pics of the main banner lead to different pages/shows)

Is that possible? And if yes, how?

Any help would be highly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Duncan

 

Hi,

You would need to split the GIF up into several smaller images, and link each one separately in the HTML, or use a client-side image map as described here: http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_map.asp

James

 

Thank you James,

However, I am not sure I understand your answer. I mean, correct me if I am wrong but isn't the link you sent me
supposed to work for a single image? How, do I tag my compartment pictures separately?

Thanks again,

Duncan

Also if it helps, this is my banner: http://www.beer-pong-table.net/phpThumb.php?src=templates/Custom8/images/tatianas_banner.gif

 

Duncan,

There's two ways of doing it. One is to slice the image up into multiple GIFs and link each piece separately. The other way is to use a client-side image map to define clickable regions on a single image using co-ordinates. The latter is a bit archaic and I couldn't be sure of the SEO implications or whether it would work on mobile devices.

james

 

Oh, hang on... I get it now

You've no way of knowing what frame of the GIF animation is being displayed at any point in time so you can't do it using an animated GIF.

Your best option is to separate each banner out into a separate file and use a jQuery slideshow plugin to cycle the different banners.

(...or use Flash, if you must)

James

 

James,

For the first part, you do you imply to split my original .gif into 8 smaller .gif's (one for every picture)?

If yes, then how am I suppose to code the rotation of the images?

Thanks again,

Duncan

 

Exactly!

And even though I have never used any of the programs mentioned above, i ll give it a shot!

Thanks,

Duncan