Centering Frames with IE and NS 1

[TheInsider]

Hello,

I have a website that is developed using frames. The website contains header, body, and footer frames, and is only 760 pixels wide. I am required to center it horizontally on the screen. The following snippet from the frames page works perfectly in Netscape but fails to load at all in Internet Explorer -- i get a completely gray screen. Can someone please explain why this is so and suggest how i could acheive the desired result in both browsers?

	<frameSet cols=&quot;*, 760, *&quot;>
		<frameSet rows=&quot;*&quot; frameBorder=&quot;0&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot;></frameSet>


		<frameSet rows=&quot;60, *, 40&quot;>
			<frame frameBorder=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;header&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;header.htm&quot;>
			<frame frameBorder=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;body&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;auto&quot; src=&quot;body.htm&quot;>
			<frame frameBorder=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;footer&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;footer.htm&quot;>
		</frameSet>


		<frameSet rows=&quot;*&quot; frameBorder=&quot;0&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot;></frameSet>
	</frameSet>

As you can see there are 2 padding column frames on either side right now, using "*" as their widths.

Thank you,

TheInsider

 

[dkdude]

Hi There,

Well, here's how I would do it!

Take a look at the example I posted in this forum in reply to "Header Body Footer design...".

Replace the "Contents" with

[tt]<CENTER>
<IFRAME SRC=&quot;body.htm&quot; WIDTH=&quot;760&quot; SCROLLING=&quot;AUTO&quot;>
</IFRAME>
</CENTER>[/tt]

Good luck!


Jakob

 

[TheInsider]

Thank you, I'll give it a try and let you know if I'm successful. I believe the <center></center> tag has been deprecated though, so I'm hesitant to use it.

TheInsider

 

[CliveC]

The problem is not with (*,760,*) but with the way you are setting up your rows.

Clive

http://tubularity.com

 

[CliveC]

<frameSet cols=&quot;*, 760, *&quot; frameBorder=&quot;0&quot;>
<frame noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot; />
<frameSet rows=&quot;60, *, 40&quot; frameBorder=&quot;0&quot;>
<frame name=&quot;header&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;header.htm&quot;>
<frame name=&quot;body&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;auto&quot; src=&quot;body.htm&quot;>
<frame name=&quot;footer&quot; noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;footer.htm&quot;>
</frameSet>
<frame noResize scrolling=&quot;no&quot; />
</frameSet>

Clive

http://tubularity.com

 

[TheInsider]

Thanks Clive, I'll give it a try and get back to everyone with the results.

 

[TheInsider]

Thank you both Clive and Jakob for your assistance. Clive was correct in his assessment of my code, and the solution above worked perfectly in both browsers.

Thanks again,

TheInsider