Hotspotter – Hotspot Maker jQuery Plugin

LIVE PREVIEW

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IMPORTANT NOTE: We’ve made the tough call to stop supporting CMS installations like WordPress and Joomla. Why? Too many users got tangled in tech issues. While the plugin runs fine in any CMS, the confusion was too high. So, we’re cutting that cord.

Basic skills? No problem. If you can install it, I’ll still support the plugin — just not any CMS-specific quirks.

Unleash your creativity by crafting stunning hotspots on images with ease – just point and click!

Features

• Variety of Spots and Tooltips
• UNIQUE and Astonishing Aiming Effect!
• Tip and Bubble tooltips
• Adjust tooltip direction: top, bottom, right, left
• Diverse tooltip animations
• Position tooltips relative to spots
• Activate on hover, click, or set always active
• Adjust spot border radius
• Link spots to any URL
• Insert text or HTML into tooltips
• Create spots with your custom images!
• Share your spots — direct link available, browser navigates right to the image and triggers the spot
• Fully Responsive Design
• Simple JavaScript control over spots
• Compatibility with older browsers like IE7; only the Editor needs a modern browser
• Subtle, non-intrusive spots
• Create custom spots with basic coding skills!
• Includes an Editor – no coding needed!

Editor Features

• No PHP or MySQL required, just a modern browser!
• Works with local files
• The Editor provides formatted HTML, ready to copy and paste!
• Arrow keys allow precise positioning
• Clone similar spots with a button click!
• Test custom image spots directly

The plugin and editor are crafted to be intuitive, minimizing the need for documentation. Need help? Shoot me an email from my profile page. Enjoy!

Who uses it?

• Xerox Canada leverages Hotspotter in their IBM WebSphere Commerce-based B2B app, making it easy for both customers and employees to customize and mark products.
• Eli Lilly
• Clorox
• Greenpeace
• Numerous web design agencies and freelancers across the globe.

Screenshots!

Aiming Effect

       

Sample Spots

       

The Editor

And there’s plenty more – dive into the Live Preview!

DON’T FORGET TO RATE IT!

Changelog:

22-08-2020 plugin v2.0.4, editor v2.0.1
- Introducing new developer-focused features for hotspot management
- Updating documentation
02-07-2014 plugin v1.8.2, editor v1.4.2
- Dropped support for CMS like WordPress and Joomla due to confusion among beginners with requirements like using child themes in WordPress. Easy installation for experienced users.
14-05-2014 plugin v1.8.2, editor v1.4.1
- Editor: adjusted preview background to avoid conflict with aiming spot tooltip
14-05-2014 plugin v1.8.2, editor v1.4.0:
- Plugin: Aiming spot triggered by click now deactivates when clicking anywhere on the image, not just the same spot again
05-05-2014 plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.4.0:
- Editor: performance improvements
01-05-2014 plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.3.8:
- Editor: fixed cloning bug
30-04-2014 plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.3.6:
- Editor: improved handling of large images
01-04-2014 plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.3.5:
- added installation instructions for Joomla 3
28-03-2014 plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.3.5:
- Editor: utilized protocol-relative paths with a fallback to local files for compatibility with both unsecured "http" and secured "https" servers
25-03-2014 plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.3.4:
- Editor: fixed bug when cloning Aim type spot and animation is off
- Editor: code cleanup
- Editor: removed file causing confusion on Linux
16-02-2014, plugin v1.8.1, editor v1.3.3:
- fixed bug with quotes in spot name
- workaround for Firefox's incorrect image dimension reporting
07-11-2013, plugin v1.8.0, editor v1.3.3:
- added workaround for IE10 bug to display cached image spots
- removed redundant space below image spots
03-09-2013, plugin v1.7.9, editor v1.3.2:
- resolved conflict with MooTools, allowing smooth operation in Joomla
26-06-2013, plugin v1.7.8, editor v1.3.2: 
- fixed documentation's old IE support code for WordPress installation
- fixed bug preventing aiming effect image spots
29-04-2013, plugin v1.7.7, editor v1.3.2:
- Plugin: activated only one spot when using click spots
09-04-2013, plugin v1.7.6, editor v1.3.2:
- Editor: Fixed bug in image spot positioning and inclusion
27-03-2013, plugin v1.7.6, editor v1.3.1:
- Plugin: slight revision in 'goin' animation for uniformity across spot sizes
11-03-2013, plugin v1.7.5, editor v1.3.1:
- Plugin: image spots now responsive
- Plugin: image spot now hover-able with aim effect
02-03-2013, plugin v1.7.4, editor v1.3.1:
- Editor: fixed cloning error
- Plugin: aiming effect bug fix
26-02-2013, plugin v1.7.3, editor v1.3.1:
- Editor: enhanced image loading
- Editor: streamlined image spots markup
- Editor: bug fix in code retrieval
24-02-2013, plugin v1.7.3, editor v1.3.0:
- Editor: now possible to load previously generated code
- Editor: added WordPress code formatting option
- Editor: minor interface tweaks
- added WordPress installation guidance in documentation
03-02-2013, plugin v1.7.3, editor v1.2.2:
- Editor: added aiming effect capability for custom image spots
- Plugin: adjusted glass spot styling

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