Imagemap?

[del753]

Hi, I'm attempting to create an imagemap, i have an overview gif of seats in a theatre and want to let the user select a seat to book it, any ideas how i might go about this? Basically whichever seat(s) they click they'll be taken to the same page only with a different seat number? i cant figure out where to even get started... thanks v much

[mtmosier]

A tutorial is probably the place to start.

Just for reference I use the gimp to create my image maps.

[del753]

thank, but i cant seem to find anything relevant to seats etc it all seems to be geographical maps.....?

[bpat1434]

-- Create the image map (See tutorial above)
-- Assign links to each area. With PHP, you can easily pass the seat x & y coordinates through the URL and from that decide what seat they want.
-- Grab coordinates from URL
-- Run a switch to find the seat
-- Display booking page

ImageMap Tutorial

Basically, you would have this:

<img src="seats.jpg" ISMAP usemap="#SEAT_MAP" />

<map name="SEAT_MAP">
<area shape="rect" coords="point1,point2,point3,point4" href="somepage.php?coords=point1,point2,point3,point4">
<area shape="rect" coords="point1,point2,point3,point4" href="somepage.php?coords=point1,point2,point3,point4">
<area shape="rect" coords="point1,point2,point3,point4" href="somepage.php?coords=point1,point2,point3,point4">
<area shape="rect" coords="point1,point2,point3,point4" href="somepage.php?coords=point1,point2,point3,point4">
</map>

Then, in your PHP page, either explode (or don't) the coords value, and then run a switch to display the proper seat.
~Brett