[Gimp-user] Create hyperlinked image

[will48 <forums gimpusers com>]

> Old Chinese proverb:  "That is no problem, it is impossible."
>
> When a web browser or other HTML aware program downloads a document
> that contains instructions to display pictures (via IMG tags in the
> HTML document), it requests the said images from the web server and
> displays them as part of the rendered page.
>
> If the IMG tag is nested inside a hyperlink (HREF tag) in the HTML
> document, that image becomes a "clickable link."  Javascript can be
> involved in cases where different images are called every time the
> page is loaded, for fade-in effects etc., or in response to a user
> command - but again, the images themselves do not contain links or
> web addresses.
>
> In theory, an image file could have a hyperlink embedded in its
> metadata as a comment field.  In theory, web browsers could read and
> interpret a hyperlink embedded in an image.  But in practice, none
> do.  I don't even know of a proposal for this.
>
> The closest approximation I can think of would be to include a short
> URL in the visible content of the image, enabling users to key in
> the indicated address.
>
> Searching the Internet, I do find "how to" articles by people who
> seem to confuse creating image maps - HTML code for making specific
> parts of images displayed /by/ a particular web page clickable links
> via code in the HTML document - with embedding links in the image
> files themselves.  I would guess this is click-bait hastily
> assembled by someone who does not understand HTML, cutting and
> pasting from other articles.

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your reply.

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