Embedded hotspots on animated gif

Hi Guys,
I'm wondering if it is possible to create multiple hotspots
on an animated gif that are embedded in the gif file itself,
instead of adding additional HTML to my page.
Thanks

"Hotspots" are an HTML construction, not something that is
embedded in the
pixels of an image. So, no, you cannot. Furthermore, you can
only have
multiple hotspots on the entire animation, not unique ones on
unique frames
of the animation.
What is it you are trying to do?
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"ribbernator" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm wondering if it is possible to create multiple
hotspots on an animated
> gif that are embedded in the gif file itself, instead of
adding additional
> HTML to my page.
>
> Thanks

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ribbernator wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am creating an animated gif that will have 15 frames.
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> hotspots that will direct the browser to two different
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>
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"Justin J." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hey Murray,
>
> I don't have the original files. The company (my client)
created this so I
> don't have the originals. And I don't know if they
created this in Adobe
> or Fireworks. I do know that they're based out of
Brazil. But what's
> strange is that I can see them working fine when I
opened the attachments.
>
> Justin
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Upload the parent PNG file and post a link to it
please.
>>
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>> "Justin J." <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hey Murray,
>>>
>>> I actually saved it as an animated gif. But it
still doesn't animate on
>>> the web.
>>>
>>> Justin J.
>>>
>>> "Murray *ACE*"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>> When you save from FW you have to set the
type to animated GIF, not
>>>> just normal GIF.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> "Justin J." <[email protected]> wrote
in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> Hey Mad dog,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a sample test page
http://72.29.98.197/test.asp.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a sample with the animated logo
embedded in the actual layout.
>>>>> You'll notice a white halo around it.
Obviously, since I can't attach
>>>>> the file, it's hard for you to see the
animated logo in motion.
>>>>> Hopefully this will help somewhat.
Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mad Dog" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
>>>>>
news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> Where can we look so we can see it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MD
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Justin J. wrote:
>>>>>>> I haven't worked with animated
gifs in such a long time so I welcome
>>>>>>> the input from others who are
more knowledgeable in this area than I
>>>>>>> am. I have a client who wants
their logo to be animated (and don't
>>>>>>> want it in Flash). Their design
team created various sizes (of the
>>>>>>> animation) and sent them to me
to embed in the page itself. When I
>>>>>>> opened the attachments (gif
format), they all work beautifully. And
>>>>>>> if I import them into Fireworks
8 and view them within the
>>>>>>> application, again, no problem.
>>>>>>> But when I save them and embed
them into the html via DW and then
>>>>>>> view the page within a browser,
it looks like a static image. I did
>>>>>>> ensure that in FW I'm saving the
file as an animated gif and not
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> a gif. I even by passed FW and
saved the file as it was sent to me,
>>>>>>> but again, it looks like a
static image. I'm not sure why I'm
>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>> this effect but confident
someone has an answer. Thanks for you
>>>>>>> input.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Justin J.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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