Hotspots and image maps

Web designers can use hotspots to make small parts of a larger graphic interactive, linking areas of web graphics to a URL. You can create an image map in Fireworks by exporting HTML from a document that contains hotspots.

An image map with hotspots

Hotspots and image maps are often less resource-intensive than sliced graphics. Slicing requires more processing power because of the additional HTML code needed to download and reassemble sliced graphics.

Note: It is possible to create a sliced image map. Exporting a sliced image map typically generates many graphic files. For more information about slicing, see Create rectangular slices.