Need some help, but not sure how to ask.

dokko

dokko

dokko

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Hi there,

Bare with me for a few seconds if you can and i will try to explain what i am looking for the best way i can.

I'm developing a website with low skills and knowledge, im using MM Dreamweaver to create it if that effects in any way...and what i've got is a golf map on one of the pages.

What i want to do is to be able to click on a specific part of the map such as one of the holes and bring up the hole details, sort of like a pop up but not. It's vital i stay on the same screen, possibly fade the background while this new window or popup is active, then have the ability to close it and go back to the original page where the map (graphic) is.

In the new popup window im going to need the basic ability to display an image and text, while a desired result would include the ability to move from one popup to the next....eg...you've clicked on hole 5, and you have two arrows back and forward which will take you to either hole 4 or 6. That with a close button would be the exact thing i want to create, so where should i look to find that kind of stuff out?

Cheers for looking.
 
That could be done using a javascript pop up, which Dreamweaver will let you knock up quickly and easily. By clicking on an area of your image you can launch a little pop up window, which, in effect, is another small webpage. You can then populate that with image, text and controls.

Or if you don't wanna do it by hand, you can probably use some sort of lightbox plug-in (or pre-built code snippet) to allow you to do similar.

Liking the Léon quote by the way ;)
 
if you dont want to use a popup you could use something like frames. on the left frame would be that map of the course (which im guessing is some sort of birds eye view image) and on the right side you could have details of the hole and maybe an image.

back in 2001, dreamweaver had this thing where you can highlight areas of an image and link it to another page (i think they were called hotspots). now you could use this to open details of the holes on the right frame when a spot on the map is clicked.

thats prob the easiest way i think you could do it without learning any javascript.
 
thanks for the advice guys, looking up the terms you've mentioned, cheers.
 
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