wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Help please for Fullscreen Hotspot
Markus Altendorff 2004-Sep-27 21:27:00
Gerard Kuster wrote:
> Landis mailed me already that any links from the WWP sites
> should be set to open in a new browser window. These external
> links from a hotspot should be possible, but I don't know how.
> To make these hotspots I use the software: Cubic Connector.
I just took a look at CC's export, and it doesn't look good. If
you use an URL type hotspot, there seems to be no way to also
send a <target="_blank"> signal.
On the other hand, if you're using an "unspecified" hotspot, then
you're able to add
<param name="HOTSPOT0" value="http://anywhere/">
together with
<param name="TARGET0" value="_blank">
and all the other fun stuff described at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/authoring/embed2.html#hotspotn
Problem is, you don't have access to the HTML code on the WWP site...
Not sure if there's a quick solution for this. You could make the
HREF point to an intermediate page that contains the links, and
if the visitor clicks on one of these, they would have the
TARGET="_blank". But that's a workaround at best.
Of course, it would be possible if there was a list input on the
WWPhp entry form for, say, 10 optional hotspots with targets ...
uh oh, is that the sound of sysadmins growling in the background? ;-)
So, seriously: Unless CC offers some hidden workaround for this
limitation, i don't think there's a way. I've mailed the CC folks
about that, we'll see what they say.
Yours,
Markus