what is a <map> tag?

i never seen this before and its gotta be spam

[humpingdan]

paste this into a page and its invisible!

<map name="Map">
<area shape="rect" coords="3,2,46,17" href="index.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="51,2,98,16" href="FLIGHTS/index.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="98,3,143,17" href="HOTELS/index.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="147,3,188,17" href="tours1/index.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="191,3,223,17" href="CARS/index.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="229,3,281,17" href="specials/main.html" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="286,3,402,17" href="africanetresou/index.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="411,1,459,18" href="about.htm" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="470,1,522,18" href="Affiliates/affiliates.asp" onClick="exit=false">
<area shape="rect" coords="527,2,583,18" href="contactus.asp" onClick="exit=false">
</map>

[Alternative Future]

It is an imagemap the co-ordinates specify where on the image that link becomes active.

-gs

[mivox]

Yep, imagemaps have been around for years... it's how you link small parts of large images to separate URLs without having to slice the image and bother with a table for layout.

[humpingdan]

should have mentioned i was a beginner!

sorry :(

[Alternative Future]

No worries no need to apologise I had to ask that question once also ;-)

[Woz]

Hey humpingdan, we are all begginners in this game!

The Algos change, we begin again.
We get a new client, we begin a new site.
We find new keywords, we begin a new page.

- and the list goes on.

Onya
Woz

[humpingdan]

if i design a page to be popular for say a keyphrase of "widgets united" do i need to buy a proper domain, as in i can use a free domain name like, www.geocities.com/bobharris/index.htm?

i dont know the process of developing this kind of technique?