Frames Or?? 1

[aarushi2001]

Hi Guys,

I am creating a website, where the menu is on left side and as user clicks on menu.. page keeps changing on right side..

My one option is frame? But frames have very bad reputation.. is there an alternative to what I am trying to do? Any suggestions?

I need the left menu cos it consists of vendor info and helps user toggle between diff vendors..

 

[cLFlaVA]

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Frames Or?... not frames. Do you actually need frames? You've not said whether having the menu reload with the pages is acceptable or not. If so, then why bother with the added hassle of frames at all?

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[1DMF]

I have a page with menu on left and used be a frame on right, now I use AJAX to get the dynamic content and update the browser, thus eliminating page reloads.

This might also be an option for you.



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[CliveC]

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aarushi2001
Two frame framesets are clearly the wave of the future for two reasons:

1. They are a great way to store documents locally as they do not require a server to display navigation (table of contents).

2. They enable a website to be viewed on a palm or handheld device without modification.

see faq215-5692


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[Foamcow]

Hmm... if the majority of info on the page is being reloaded/changed then AJAX is a bit pointless isn't it?

Why not just reload the page?
There's a time and a place you know.

I'd avoid frames like I'd avoid me at a free bar.

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[Foamcow]

I knew I'd not had an original thought...

this is an interesting read (epsecially the bit about when NOT to use AJAX)

http://www.sourcelabs.com/blogs/ajb/2005/12/10_places_you_must_use_ajax.html

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Hi Clive - merry christmas to you, too!

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[aarushi2001]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.. I finally decided to choose frames as my application requires.

AJAX is a good solution but I dont have time to first learn and then implement.

I do have one problem now, my menu is basically a javascript (tree structure). I want to do two things:
1. I want to change the colour of text based on if and else statements, is it possible?

Aarushi

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Yes, you can change colours of text based on if and else statements.

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[aarushi2001]

thanks Dan, but how? can u provide some tutorial link or something to help me kickstart?

Thanks Again

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You should probably ask that question in the JavaScript forum (forum216) - if statements are not part of HTML.

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[cLFlaVA]

oooh, frames and javascript-dependent browsing. i can't wait to be a visitor of your site!



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[aarushi2001]

clFlava .. its not javascript dependent browsing..

and dont wait: the application isnt accessible to everyone

 

[cLFlaVA]

awesome, thanks.



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[aarushi2001]

your welcome

 

[CliveC]

aarushi2001

Whether or not you would need Javascript depends a lot on why you would want to change colors. For example if you just wanted the user to indicate a preferred color scheme then that could be accomplished without Javascript.

However, I think that trying to surf the web without Javascript would render many sites useless.

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[aarushi2001]

Clive,

I didnt get you. But basically I would like to give a brief of what I am trying to do:

Basically we register applicants for awards. Applicants are required to fill a questionnaire, which is stored in a database. Individual judges are then required to log in and mark the questionnaires.

Earlier, I was restricting a judge to one test at a time, however, now a judge should have access to all the questionnaire at a time. For which, I have used tree. The need for frames came as I dont want menu to be uploaded everytime. AJAX is a good solution but I dont have time.

Color change: I was thinking, it will be nice if in the tree menu when I display questionnaire name/number of particular candidate to colour it red, green and black to display different status of the questionnaire (like marked, unmarked etc) That is the reason I wanted to use JavaScript for changing text color

Thanks,

Aarushi