1 Reply Latest reply: May 11, 2007 11:37 AM by Newsgroup_User RSS

    Hot spot on a background image?

    BruceCSI2 Community Member
      I'm redesigning an e-mail newsletter, which is currently done in Word and converted to html, into a straight html document. In the masthead, they have the title of the newsletter as a graphic with the company logo embedded and a hotspot over the company logo. They also have the publication date over the top of the newsletter title graphic. This means creating a new version of the title graphic with each issue, whereas my goal is to make it so they just have to change the date as text.
      I created a div for the masthead, and put a div inside of that for the date. I then set the masthead graphic as the background image for the masthead div. However, this means that the logo is no longer clickable. If I don't set the masthead graphic as the background image and just have it as an image, it pushes the date div down so it's aligned under the masthead graphic.
      Is there any way to create a hotspot over the logo on the background image, or is there another way to accomplish this?
        • 1. Re: Hot spot on a background image?
          Newsgroup_User Community Member
          Since background images are unreliable in HTML emails, I'd say this ain't
          gonna work either.

          But, no, you cannot create a hotspot on a background image. If background
          images were reliable, you could maybe put a transparent GIF over it and
          create the hotspot on that GIF.

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          "BruceCSI2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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          > I'm redesigning an e-mail newsletter, which is currently done in Word and
          > converted to html, into a straight html document. In the masthead, they
          > have
          > the title of the newsletter as a graphic with the company logo embedded
          > and a
          > hotspot over the company logo. They also have the publication date over
          > the top
          > of the newsletter title graphic. This means creating a new version of the
          > title
          > graphic with each issue, whereas my goal is to make it so they just have
          > to
          > change the date as text.
          > I created a div for the masthead, and put a div inside of that for the
          > date. I
          > then set the masthead graphic as the background image for the masthead
          > div.
          > However, this means that the logo is no longer clickable. If I don't set
          > the
          > masthead graphic as the background image and just have it as an image, it
          > pushes the date div down so it's aligned under the masthead graphic.
          > Is there any way to create a hotspot over the logo on the background
          > image, or
          > is there another way to accomplish this?
          >