Image map creation.

[robin9000]

I am in the process of trying to create a site map. It's a huge image and I want to have it where by when people scroll over a image, a single menu appears and the person can select an option from the menu and be directed to that page but if they decide to scroll over top of a different image that menu will disappear and the menu for the other image will appear.

I was thinking about using hot spots but not quite sure how to go about making it all work with having a menu pop out.

So that's the concept. Any suggestions on how to easily do this. I want to ovoid using anything like flash because I'm not familiar with it and it takes to long to load. I'd like to use HTML if possible.

Thanks.

[djr33]

Flash would give you the graphic control you need.
This can probably be done with javascript using an image map and a tooltip script, but it would be complex as well.

Since a site map is useful also to search engines, you need to keep this simple rather than complex, or it will not be as effective.

I'd suggest a simpler approach overall, perhaps a text only version then add a fancy flash version on top (or javascript if you prefer).