Topic on Extension talk:ImageMap

The following code works but if I change the image name to a url then it doesn't work.
<imagemap>
image:TheVisualSystem.png
rect 1 1 100 100 [[The Visual Stimulus|What is Visual Stimulus?]]
desc none
</imagemap>

If I change image name to a url like

<imagemap>
image:http://localhost:8080/images/TheVisualSystem.png
rect 1 1 100 100 [[The Visual Stimulus|What is Visual Stimulus]]
desc none
</imagemap>

it says, Error: image is invalid or non-existent

I am using wiki on a stick and I have a directory where the image is stored. The URL works in browser window.

May be I am not using the right syntax. I have tried a bunch of syntax but unsuccessful. Please help in this regard. Thank you very much.

The image should be uploaded to the wiki. External images aren't allowed AFAIK, so the external URL syntax won't work. What's the problem with the first example you posted?

Thanks for your reply Ciencia. The first example works fine. But on the ImageMap extension link
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap#Parameters_to_allow_external_links
it says that you can use external images, which I would like to use. But the link doesn't show any syntax.

Oh, I think you got it wrong. That's for external links, not images.

So, in your example, you could use [http://localhost:8080/wiki/The_Visual_Stimulus What is Visual Stimulus?] as the link instead of [[The Visual Stimulus|What is Visual Stimulus?]].

Ok I see ... Thanks.