FrontPage Programming - Hot spots on a floor plan

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Hot spots on a floor plan

Paul H

2007-03-07, 3:15 am

I have created a floor plan of a home with hot spots that link to pages for
some of the rooms. I'd like to color the rooms on the floor plan that have
hot spots. Is this possible? It would be terrific if the hot spot changed
color when the mouse was over it, but I'm sure that's too much to ask. I
only use FP 2002 - I have no other web building skills. Thanks, Paul

Thomas A. Rowe

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

In a image/graphic application you can change the color. You can only change color on mouseover if
each room on the floor plan was a separate image.

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"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message news:OUsTXWIYHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have created a floor plan of a home with hot spots that link to pages for
> some of the rooms. I'd like to color the rooms on the floor plan that have
> hot spots. Is this possible? It would be terrific if the hot spot changed
> color when the mouse was over it, but I'm sure that's too much to ask. I
> only use FP 2002 - I have no other web building skills. Thanks, Paul
>

Murray

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

Actually you can do this, but it's alot more work than just using separate
images.

You would use CSS to position background images.

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"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> In a image/graphic application you can change the color. You can only
> change color on mouseover if each room on the floor plan was a separate
> image.
>
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> Thomas A. Rowe
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> "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
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>

Thomas A. Rowe

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

Don't you mean foreground images that overlay the floor plan on mouseover?

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"Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> Actually you can do this, but it's alot more work than just using separate images.
>
> You would use CSS to position background images.
>
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Murray

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

No. The foreground image is a transparent GIF image to house the hotspot.
And the container has the non-highlighted image as a background. What you
will be doing is triggering a swap of the background image behind the
hotspot.

The background image has *all* the floor elements highlighted on it. By
swapping the background image behind the hotspot you are clipping away
everything except the highlighted area the corresponds to the dimension of
the hotspot, resulting in what appears to be a rollover.

It's not something that I would really use except in special cases - having
two large background images can be messy....

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"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Don't you mean foreground images that overlay the floor plan on mouseover?
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>
> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> ==============================================
>
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> "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:OE10J7MYHHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
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>

Thomas A. Rowe

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

OK, sound interesting...

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"Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> No. The foreground image is a transparent GIF image to house the hotspot. And the container has
> the non-highlighted image as a background. What you will be doing is triggering a swap of the
> background image behind the hotspot.
>
> The background image has *all* the floor elements highlighted on it. By swapping the background
> image behind the hotspot you are clipping away everything except the highlighted area the
> corresponds to the dimension of the hotspot, resulting in what appears to be a rollover.
>
> It's not something that I would really use except in special cases - having two large background
> images can be messy....
>
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>

Murray

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

It is. But very academic, too! 8) Not so practical.

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"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> OK, sound interesting...
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>
> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> ==============================================
>
>
> "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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>

Paul H

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

You Guys lost me at " In an image/graphic application". Is there something
practical that I can do, using only FP 2002, to achieve either of the Hot
Spot color effects I'd like? Thanks, Paul

BTW, is there an FP 2007 or something else from Microsoft that I should be
using, instead of my old FP 2002 (that blows up at predictable times under
Vista, forcing me to keep a XP Pro laptop for these needed functions?) That
is easy, like FP 2002, not making me become a programmer in some
"curly-brace language"?

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"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:evHkMQNYHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
OK, sound interesting...

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==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================

"Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
news:%23DFw$JNYHHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> No. The foreground image is a transparent GIF image to house the hotspot.
> And the container has
> the non-highlighted image as a background. What you will be doing is
> triggering a swap of the
> background image behind the hotspot.
>
> The background image has *all* the floor elements highlighted on it. By
> swapping the background
> image behind the hotspot you are clipping away everything except the
> highlighted area the
> corresponds to the dimension of the hotspot, resulting in what appears to
> be a rollover.
>
> It's not something that I would really use except in special cases -
> having two large background
> images can be messy....
>
> --
> Murray
> --------------
> MVP FrontPage
>
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eY8mZDNYHHA.4308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>

Tom Willett

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

Paul H

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

Ronx

2007-03-07, 6:15 pm

You will need a graphics editor. See Thomas' and Murray's responses.
For Murray's solution you will also need to learn CSS and HTML - start
at http://www.w3schools.com
No version of FrontPage or its successors can produce the results you
require on their own.
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"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
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> So do I want SharePoint Designer? Will it do what FP does, plus more?
> Color my Hot Spots? Or do I want a 4 year old FP 2003?
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> "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
> news:OlKnraNYHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> |
> | You Guys lost me at " In an image/graphic application". Is there
> something
> | practical that I can do, using only FP 2002, to achieve either of the Hot
> | Spot color effects I'd like? Thanks, Paul
> |
> | BTW, is there an FP 2007 or something else from Microsoft that I should be
> | using, instead of my old FP 2002 (that blows up at predictable times under
> | Vista, forcing me to keep a XP Pro laptop for these needed functions?)
> That
> | is easy, like FP 2002, not making me become a programmer in some
> | "curly-brace language"?
> |
> | ================================
> |
> | "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> | news:evHkMQNYHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> | OK, sound interesting...
> |
> | --
> | ==============================================
> | Thomas A. Rowe
> | Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> |
> | http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> | ==============================================
> |
> |
> | "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> | news:%23DFw$JNYHHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> | > No. The foreground image is a transparent GIF image to house the
> hotspot.
> | > And the container has
> | > the non-highlighted image as a background. What you will be doing is
> | > triggering a swap of the
> | > background image behind the hotspot.
> | >
> | > The background image has *all* the floor elements highlighted on it. By
> | > swapping the background
> | > image behind the hotspot you are clipping away everything except the
> | > highlighted area the
> | > corresponds to the dimension of the hotspot, resulting in what appears
> to
> | > be a rollover.
> | >
> | > It's not something that I would really use except in special cases -
> | > having two large background
> | > images can be messy....
> | >
> | > --
> | > Murray
> | > --------------
> | > MVP FrontPage
> | >
> | >
> | > "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> | > news:eY8mZDNYHHA.4308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> | >> Don't you mean foreground images that overlay the floor plan on
> | >> mouseover?
> | >>
> | >> --
> | >> ==============================================
> | >> Thomas A. Rowe
> | >> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> | >>
> | >> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> | >> ==============================================
> | >>
> | >>
> | >> "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> | >> news:OE10J7MYHHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> | >>> Actually you can do this, but it's alot more work than just using
> | >>> separate images.
> | >>>
> | >>> You would use CSS to position background images.
> | >>>
> | >>> --
> | >>> Murray
> | >>> --------------
> | >>> MVP FrontPage
> | >>>
> | >>>
> | >>> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> | >>> news:uwdrZCLYHHA.2636@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> | >>>> In a image/graphic application you can change the color. You can only
> | >>>> change color on mouseover
> | >>>> if each room on the floor plan was a separate image.
> | >>>>
> | >>>> --
> | >>>> ==============================================
> | >>>> Thomas A. Rowe
> | >>>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> | >>>>
> | >>>> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> | >>>> ==============================================
> | >>>>
> | >>>>
> | >>>> "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
> | >>>> news:OUsTXWIYHHA.992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> | >>>>>I have created a floor plan of a home with hot spots that link to
> pages
> | >>>>>for
> | >>>>> some of the rooms. I'd like to color the rooms on the floor plan
> that
> | >>>>> have
> | >>>>> hot spots. Is this possible? It would be terrific if the hot spot
> | >>>>> changed
> | >>>>> color when the mouse was over it, but I'm sure that's too much to
> ask.
> | >>>>> I
> | >>>>> only use FP 2002 - I have no other web building skills. Thanks,
> Paul
> | >>>>>
> | >>>>
> | >>>>
> | >>>
> | >>>
> | >>
> | >>
> | >
> | >
> |
> |

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