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rodd1000
06-13-2008, 08:41 AM
Hi, im using dreamweaver and have an inserted image(not background) that i want to put text content over the top. The inserted image also has hotspots for the sites navigation which is why i cant set it to background.

What method do i use to add text on top of the image.

Thanks in advance.
Centauri
06-13-2008, 09:47 AM
The inserted image also has hotspots for the sites navigation which is why i cant set it to background.

Why does this prevent using the image as a background ? A site menu should be marked up as an unordered list of links, and it is a simple matter to position these links over the appropriate areas of a background image, and this will also allow other text to be placed over it.
WebJoel
06-13-2008, 02:07 PM
I think to have 'hotspots' based of the visible opaque image, you can't have the image be 'background' (it is out of reach of the document), and to have text over-top of a 'foreground image', it will block the access to 'click' the anchor hotspot image/s. It would be like placing a ''transparent image' over-top of a opaque image, thus preventing right-click stealing of the 'opaque' image beneith (you'd only get the top-layer transparent image, and yes, there are ways to 'get' the under-lying image I know). :o

Basically, what you are asking I think is unworkable but I'll give it some though...
ray326
06-13-2008, 03:44 PM
I like Centauri's approach. No maps required and usable downgrading.
WebJoel
06-13-2008, 10:04 PM
Well yeah, -if ya wanna use the easy, validating way I 'spose... :D

(I am seeing an inherint fault in the approach that I am using... but will continue to plug away at it over the weekend...)
Centauri
06-13-2008, 10:50 PM
The image map approach should be avoided as it is not accessible by non-visual browsers, and that includes search engine spiders.
rodd1000
06-16-2008, 08:01 AM
The image map approach should be avoided as it is not accessible by non-visual browsers, and that includes search engine spiders.

I disagree here because each map can have its own alt tag which is searchable/readable and spider friendly.

Cheers
Centauri
06-16-2008, 08:19 AM
But the links are not real links that can be followed by those.