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General Forums => Off Topic => Topic started by: pilz on July 26, 2010, 03:30:48 pm

Title: Signature Link Help
Post by: pilz on July 26, 2010, 03:30:48 pm

Hey guys,

I've exhausted most other resources of information (doesn't help the internet here right now might as well be off with the on/off thing its got going on) and I remembered you guys together are always the fountains of all knowledge.

I've been asked by my boss to make him a new signature for his emails, which was no problem at all.
He loves the design, just as is his way, he wants more and more, never happy with anything as it is. He wants there to be links in the image, not just the whole image as one link, he wants you to be able to click on his email address and go to his email, and also to click on the website to go there, so its not just a normal situation.

In terms of programming, I'm way out of my depth here, any ideas?


pilz

Title: Re: Signature Link Help
Post by: Lomaz on July 26, 2010, 05:36:14 pm

so you want dff parts of the image to send you diff places when clicked? only thing comming to mind is to make it a .swf image (flash) that way you can then modify different parts to do different things when clicked, then embed that at the bottom... not sure your email will allow that, other then that, try chopping the image up into several images, hyperlinking each one respectively, then putting them back together in his sig like puzzle pieces?

Title: Re: Signature Link Help
Post by: Lomaz on July 26, 2010, 05:37:29 pm

Details pl0x; OS? OS version? Program used for sending emails?

Title: Re: Signature Link Help
Post by: pilz on July 27, 2010, 08:37:23 am

I've managed the html format now, through image mapping with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4.
I'm running Mac OSX 10.5 and I'm trying to insert it into apple mail now, and everything I've tried now is giving me hell, I've managed to even host the image as a website, and the links and everything work; the only problem now is fitting it into the mail program without any more problems :(

Title: Re: Signature Link Help
Post by: Trerro on July 27, 2010, 08:42:37 am

You can actually do this with pure HTML.
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/imagemap.shtml

It's a rarely used feature called image maps, but they're very easy to use, and will do exactly what you're aiming for.

Edit: Ah, didn't see your second post, looks like you already did this. Dreamweaver is a good way to do this as you then don't have to play with coordinates, which can be a pain in the ass on large images.

Title: Re: Signature Link Help
Post by: Lomaz on July 28, 2010, 03:03:36 pm

Dreamweaver still exists? lol

...and further more people USE it?