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Place images atop other images
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>HTML5 boilerplate—all you really need…</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var drawCanvas = function(target, build_func){
$(target).each(function(){
// setup layering for the target
$(this).css('position', 'relative');
$(this).css('z-index', 0);
// create DOM container and setup layering.
var canvas = document.createElement('div');
canvas.setAttribute('id', this.getAttribute('id') + '_canvas');
$(canvas).css('position', 'absolute');
$(canvas).css('z-index', 999);
$(canvas).css('float', 'left');
$(canvas).css('left', $(this).offset().left);
$(canvas).css('top', $(this).offset().top);
$(canvas).css('width', $(this).width() + 'px');
$(canvas).css('height', $(this).height() + 'px');
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
build_func(canvas);
});
}
var placeImage = function(canvas, img_src, pos_x, pos_y){
var img = document.createElement('img');
canvas.appendChild(img);
img.setAttribute('src', img_src);
$(img).css('position', 'absolute');
$(img).css('left', pos_x);
$(img).css('top', pos_y);
}
var makeSuluLookLikeAHippie = function(target){
drawCanvas(target, function(canvas){
placeImage(canvas, 'http://www.vueladesign.com/storage/layoutelements/peace.png', 10, 10);
placeImage(canvas, 'http://www.vueladesign.com/storage/layoutelements/peace.png', 1, 1);
});
}
/*
Must use $(window).load because otherwise you'll try to get the size
of the image before it loads
*/
$(window).load(function(){
makeSuluLookLikeAHippie('.draw-target');
});
</script>
</head>
<body id="home">
<h1>Cross-Browser Image Draw!</h1>
<img class="draw-target" src="http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200307/sulu05/320x240.jpg" />
</body>
</html>
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Tested/working in Firefox 2, 3, 4, 5 as well as Safari and Google Chrome.

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