To create a server-side imagemap, simply go to the Members page located at http://www.netutilities.com/members, and enter the name of the imagemap as well as the URL of the image itself directly under the heading, "Server-Side Imagemaps". Then hit "Create My Imagemap!", and you will be taken to a page that provides a brief description of imagemaps. On the bottom of the page, you will see the image that you entered the URL of as well as buttons that will allow you to create various shapes and a default location for your imagemap. When you click on the buttons, you will be prompted for a URL that the shape or default will trigger. If you clicked on a shape or point button, you will then be provided with directions for clicking on the imagemap to define the coordinates of the shape. Whenever you click on the image, a new window will open and close and write the coordinates to your code. While you are creating your imagemap, you should see code being added to the text area box that says "The Code" over it. Unfortunately, you will not be able to use one or all of these features unless your browser is a JavaScript enabled version of Internet Explorer. If your browser is a JavaScript enabled version of Netscape, you can still use all but one of these features. You will have to manually enter the coordinates that appear in the alert that pops up after clicking on the image instead of the coordinates being entered automatically. If your browser is not JavaScript enabled, you will have to enter the code manually, using the brief tutorial on how to create the imagemap located on the page. When you are done, hit "Create The Imagemap!" button and your imagemap will be created. Then just cut and paste the code that will be provided to you, in the source code of your web page.

To edit an existing server-side imagemap, simply go to the Members page located at http://www.netutilities.com/members, and enter the name of the imagemap you would like to edit as well as the URL of the image itself. Then hit "Create My Imagemap!", and you will be taken to the same page that you would if you were creating your imagemap. Only this time, the imagemap code will be displayed in the text area box that says the code over it. Follow the directions in the above paragraph to edit your code, manually changing what you want to be altered in the text area box.

The code that you put on your page will put the image on your page. When your visitor clicks on the image, he/she will be redirected to the sites you defined the coordinates to take him/her.

If you have any problems with one of your imagemaps, the error message that is displayed should provide adequate information about the nature of the problem. If you receive an error that says that some file/folder cannot be opened/created/written to, please inform webmaster@netutilities.com of the file/folder that cannot be opened. If when you are attempting to create your imagemap, you receive an error that says no webmaster/imagemap name was supplied, make sure that the URL has ?name=map_name&image=URL_of_image at the end of the URL. The other errors should be able to be solved by actually creating the imagemaps, which are case sensitive. (e.g. Imap.map will not access the imagemap, imap.map.)

If this troubleshooting paragraph does not solve your problem, please contact support@netutilities.com.

The following is a sample of the what you will receive after putting the imagemap code on your page. (This is an active imagemap.):

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