Tutorial: Making a single-depth OutMap from originals
You can also use the stamp to arrange originals. In a Map View, originals can only be of the same outline depth. But the stamp can still be of use since it will arrange them all into a nice grid.
Select the container you want to add a LinkMap to and change its prototype to outmaker_note:
Enter the container’s own name into $outSource
and then set $OutRowMax
to your desired column length:
Then run the stamp to impose the new, cleaner arrangement:
Now make a new adornment and name it origin_adorn. Then set its prototype to either outmaker_adorn or makmaker_adorn. When you do, the ugly name will “disappear.” Leave it that way if you like, or use the Inspector to set its Display Expression to something else. Then resize the adornment to your liking:
If you don’t like the scrawny font, select all and run one of the MapStyle stamps:
When you are happy with your work, do Edit > Copy View as Image, open the Mac OS program Preview, and do File > New from Clipboard:
Now change the Format to JPEG and save somewhere inside img/IMAGEMAPS. I’m using a subfolder here:
Now zoom in a bit so you can place your crop rectangle exactly on the outside of the border:
Then hit ⌘K to crop and ⌘S to save again:
If you switch to Outline View you’ll notice that your note colors have been changed. No problem—just select them and run the stamp to return all appearance elements to their defaults.
Now select the container note again and change its prototype to mapmaker_note so you can access the key attributes that let you construct the HTML Imagemap. Set the $blogMapView
to the container’s own name, and $blogMapJPG
to the name of the JPEG you cropped and saved in Preview:
Actual result
Here is the result: