Question about frames...

[skiflyer]

Ok, all the badmouthing about frames leads me to this question...

I'm designing a web based application, for which I'd rather not use frames.

However, I want consistent navigation from page to page, which is always on the screen.

Do to the nature of the application, and its many different deployment environments, I can't guarantee (though I'll try) that there will be no vertical scrolling in the main document.

What are my other alternatives? I could make the main page an iFrame right (are there browser limitations there?)? Anything else? I don't want to get into anything too complicated and which works on this browser but not that one etc... I'm aiming for full functionallity in Mozilla, but for the app to be completely usable in IE (as in you might have to use the submit button instead of the doubleClick in IE, but either way you're supported)

Obviouslly a table based approach fails here, is there a CSS alternative which would succeed?

Thanks,
Rob

 

[deecee]

you server must have ssi or what language are you using...includes are the easiest way at the beginning...there are more complex routes but im not there yet.

in php for example (i use this the most) it works like such

you have a left table where you want the nav bar to be so that tablecell is 150px wide, i make another page with one cell 150px wide which is me nav bar and it holds the links and what not. then in the pages that i want the nav bar to be in i use this <? include (&quot;filename&quot ?> and then with ssi or asp <# include virtual=&quot;filename&quot; #>, then all you do is set your main content of the page in a <div> set to overflow:auto so that it acts like its own mini frame in the page.

[Hammer]
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