Attaching hyperlink to animated gifs

Has anyone been successful with attaching a hyperlink to an animated gif? I'm new to all this and I'm not even sure if this is possible (but it seems reasonable to me). I can drag and drop the animated gif into iWeb, but then the option to make it a hyperlink is not available.
http://web.mac.com/jwtseng/

I'm having the same problem. I've tried converting a standard animated gif into a .swf file via GraphicConverter and inserting the .swf into iWeb. But that doesn't work. Also, iWeb adds the QT controller to the bottom of the image, which I don't want to see. Does anybody know how to turn that off too?
Thanks.
Has anyone been successful with attaching a hyperlink
to an animated gif? I'm new to all this and I'm not
even sure if this is possible (but it seems
reasonable to me). I can drag and drop the animated
gif into iWeb, but then the option to make it a
hyperlink is not available.
http://web.mac.com/jwtseng/
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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Message was edited by: solarcoaster

solarcoaster:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Put a 1% opaque object over the gif and set the link to it. Make sure the object has no color file, no border or other features except 1% opacity. Make it slightly larger than the gif and bring it forward on top of it.

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--- End Quote ---
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