Text hyperlink versus picture hyperlink

A text hyperlink is simply text, such as a word or phrase, that has been assigned a destination URL. A picture hyperlink is a picture that has been assigned a destination URL in one of two ways:

• The entire picture can be assigned a default hyperlink. In this case, the site visitor can click any part of the picture to display its destination. An example of a picture with a default hyperlink is a button.
• The picture can be assigned one or more hotspots, which are hyperlink regions on the picture. A picture that contains hotspots is called an image map. For example, an image map can be a picture that represents different parts of a Web site (such as the home page, a catalog page, and so on). The site visitor clicks a certain area of the image map to display the corresponding page.