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Linking to a frameset + requesting a particular page in mainframe
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the easy way would be to make a frameset for each link (to much work). the harder part could be with javascript and i cannot help with that as i dont know much (or any) of javascript. maybe you could use a server language too like php
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thanks deecee. I see this type of issue has been raised before and it looked like javascript might be the answer. In actual fact I am already using multiple framesets - one for each top level content area e.g. Home to Info launches an 'Info frameset', Home to Contacts launches a 'contact frameset'. This at least lets me control the default mainframe associated with each top level content area. I agree that a frameset to handle links from a non frameset page to a framset for every subpage would be too much work. It's a shame w3c haven't addressed this as it is probably a common problem. To tell you the truth I think frames are too much bother - especially when you have to do a noframes version of the site too!
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
in all honesty frames are useless (period).
us includes for now as they are easy and dont really reuire much except for a server language or SSI. or you can use layers or iframes but browsers will have to be current for the most part.
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us includes for now as they are easy and dont really reuire much except for a server language or SSI. or you can use layers or iframes but browsers will have to be current for the most part.
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> It's a shame w3c haven't addressed this
They have - by abolishing frames! Can't blame them really as frames were foisted upon them by Netscrape rather than being their own idea. Not being able to link to a particular combination of frame contents is one of the many crummy things abour them.
In the bad old days when I had a framed site, I worked around this problem by writing a cgi script that dynamically built the relevant frameset around a specified page. A table- or CSS-based layout is much easier to get along with.
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They have - by abolishing frames! Can't blame them really as frames were foisted upon them by Netscrape rather than being their own idea. Not being able to link to a particular combination of frame contents is one of the many crummy things abour them.
In the bad old days when I had a framed site, I worked around this problem by writing a cgi script that dynamically built the relevant frameset around a specified page. A table- or CSS-based layout is much easier to get along with.
-- Chris Hunt
Extra Connections Ltd
ste123,
You could pass the required "mainframe" in a query string in the link:
example:
<a href="myframe.htm?rf=requiredframe.htm">LINKNAME</a>
What some people do not seem to realize is that a framesset page at its simplest level is just a list of pages that you would like to display concurrently within the same browser window. If you want to display two or more pages concurrently use a frameset otherwise don't.
The noframe tag is not only optional but also virtually obsolete. If you wanted to account for the possibility that someone could not view a framset you might code:
<noframes><body><a href="navpage.htm">
Click here for a noframes version
</a></body></noframes>
However, a more creative use for the noframes tag is to provide a description of your site and keywords, which will be used by search engines, since most engines now ignore meta tags.
Finally frames have not been "banned" by WC3 as stated by ChrisHunt.
Clive
You could pass the required "mainframe" in a query string in the link:
example:
<a href="myframe.htm?rf=requiredframe.htm">LINKNAME</a>
What some people do not seem to realize is that a framesset page at its simplest level is just a list of pages that you would like to display concurrently within the same browser window. If you want to display two or more pages concurrently use a frameset otherwise don't.
The noframe tag is not only optional but also virtually obsolete. If you wanted to account for the possibility that someone could not view a framset you might code:
<noframes><body><a href="navpage.htm">
Click here for a noframes version
</a></body></noframes>
However, a more creative use for the noframes tag is to provide a description of your site and keywords, which will be used by search engines, since most engines now ignore meta tags.
Finally frames have not been "banned" by WC3 as stated by ChrisHunt.
Clive
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