I need some Frames training

[Guest]

I am creasting a site with FP2003

The default page is a frames page, with a banner page at the top, a side
frame and a main frame to display pages in.

I done understand how to get this main frame page to change and display
other pages I'm creating.

Thanks

 

[Tom Willett]

Start by using the help files. Search for: frames
The information is there.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

....what's not there is what a pain in the arse they can be.


| Start by using the help files. Search for: frames
| The information is there.
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| Tom Willett
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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| message | >I am creasting a site with FP2003
| >
| > The default page is a frames page, with a banner page at the top, a side
| > frame and a main frame to display pages in.
| >
| > I done understand how to get this main frame page to change and display
| > other pages I'm creating.
| >
| > Thanks
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|

 

[Tom Willett]

Agreed, Rob ;-)

 

[Guest]

Of course help was the first place I went. but it wasn't as helpful as I
thought it would be.

Maybe I mis-understand what a frames type page is for. What I am trying to
achieve is only having one page in two of the frames; the navigation buttons
in one page in a frame, so that I only have to edit them once, and not on
every page on the website.

My undersatanding of how frames work is that once you have the initial pages
set in the frames, thos stay the same, no matter where the user navigates to
and that a "Main" frame will display different pages, depending on where the
user navigates to.

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Why not google for html frames and see what you get! Try this for a
starter:

http://www.echoecho.com/htmlframes.htm

hth

 

[Murray]

It's very seductive, no? But it's the wrong thing to do.

A much *MUCH* better approach would be to build your page, and use an FP
include to contain your navigation (or even an FP Template). You still have
only one file to edit for your navigation, just like frames, but you do not
have all the attendant problems.

 

[Clark]

Your understanding of frame is correct, that is the way they work

When you have saved a page you want to show up in the main frame, say
thispage.htm, when you create a link to thispage.htm from your
navigation bar, select the main frame as where you want the linked
page to load.

Now -- having told you how to do it, I will now suggest you pay
attention to people suggesting not to use frames -- they cause way too
many problems down the road.

You can accomplish virtually everything you want to do with include
pages. The only downside is that users may have to scroll back up to
the top to see the navigation area, but that is a small price to pay
relative to the problems frames cause

And besides, your users have to pay that small price, whereas *you*
will be paying the price if you stay with frames!!

 

[Guest]

Thank you, Clark.

It's far more helpful when someone takes the time for a little explanation.

You time to do so is very much appreciated.