Is this only possible in ASP

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Whilst looking for an article on some web design info through
Google, I came across a fairly interesting site at
http://www.crankitup.org/newlayout.asp . Initially I thought it had
nothing to do with what I was looking for which was info on iFrames.
But I thought it had a pretty interesting look so I proceeded to
peruse the programming. What I read has me scratching my
follicly-challenged pate.

First :

<td bgcolor="#b7d0e9" style="border: 1px solid #000000; filter:
alpha(opacity=75);">

Yeah I know about alpha filter but frankly I was NOT aware that one
could apply style sheets to individual cells. Is that legit ? Also,
anyone have any idea how to find out what some of these new colors are
that I'm seeing in styles ?

And while that was enough to rouse me from my after-dinner
torpor, the next little tidbit twisted my meager intellect to a rather
peckish state. This resulted after I navigated through a couple links
and found what I think is dynamically targeted iframes which load
right back into the page I'm viewing. I really like this approach !

<iframe FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER=0 width=300
height=4000 src="http://www.crankitup.org/middle.html"
name=middle style="position:absolute; left:228; top:9"
scrolling=auto></iframe>

<iframe FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER=0 width=365
height=5000 src="http://www.crankitup.org/right.html"
name=right style="position:absolute; left:535; top:9"
scrolling=auto></iframe>

Can this be done via static HTML + CSS + frames/iframes or does it
require server-side processing ? If it cannot be written into the
pages is there any possibility that PHP could do it ? I just loaded my
entire site to Godaddy onto a non-ASP server. Of course I could just
trash a couple days worth of work !

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
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What you see on that page is all you need. There is no server-side
processing required at all. It's all done with HTML and CSS.

The inline-styles (styles within individual tags) are perfectly normal
(though some older browsers [like Netscape 4] may ignore them, or even
crash, depending on the styles involved).

What new colours?

The iFrames are fixed - absolutely positioned - there is nothing dynamic
about them.
The page you were looking at will give problems to over a third of users,
since it will give left/right scroll bar to users with browser set to
800x600. Again, iFrames will be problematic with older browsers.
 
What you see on that page is all you need. There is no server-side
processing required at all. It's all done with HTML and CSS.
Click to expand...

I understand about 98% of it as it's quite simple. What I
don't understand is how he gets the page to launch links into an
iFrame on the fly after the page has already loaded.
The inline-styles (styles within individual tags) are perfectly normal
(though some older browsers [like Netscape 4] may ignore them, or even
crash, depending on the styles involved).
Click to expand...

I just started re-working my site and I'm back to FrontPage
again. I'm adjusting all of my links to include the styles now. It's
going to be a long day !
What new colours?
Click to expand...

Perhaps "new" wasn't correct but how would I find out what
color "bgcolor="#b7d0e9" " is ? Just curious. I typically only use
grayscale on my site for B-&-W photography.
The iFrames are fixed - absolutely positioned - there is nothing dynamic
about them.
The page you were looking at will give problems to over a third of users,
since it will give left/right scroll bar to users with browser set to
800x600. Again, iFrames will be problematic with older browsers.
Click to expand...

Yeah not such a good idea to ignore those number. I've used
frames and stylesheets for the last 4~5 years and it's worked well.
Just looking for an alternative that's fast and simple. I just loaded
a page into tables with styles last night and I think it's going to
work well.

Thanks for your time.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
 
You create hyperlink with a target value of the IFrame name. The IFrame, like a normal frameset
loads individual pages.

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==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================


John said:
What you see on that page is all you need. There is no server-side
processing required at all. It's all done with HTML and CSS.
Click to expand...

I understand about 98% of it as it's quite simple. What I
don't understand is how he gets the page to launch links into an
iFrame on the fly after the page has already loaded.
The inline-styles (styles within individual tags) are perfectly normal
(though some older browsers [like Netscape 4] may ignore them, or even
crash, depending on the styles involved).
Click to expand...

I just started re-working my site and I'm back to FrontPage
again. I'm adjusting all of my links to include the styles now. It's
going to be a long day !
What new colours?
Click to expand...

Perhaps "new" wasn't correct but how would I find out what
color "bgcolor="#b7d0e9" " is ? Just curious. I typically only use
grayscale on my site for B-&-W photography.
The iFrames are fixed - absolutely positioned - there is nothing dynamic
about them.
The page you were looking at will give problems to over a third of users,
since it will give left/right scroll bar to users with browser set to
800x600. Again, iFrames will be problematic with older browsers.
Click to expand...

Yeah not such a good idea to ignore those number. I've used
frames and stylesheets for the last 4~5 years and it's worked well.
Just looking for an alternative that's fast and simple. I just loaded
a page into tables with styles last night and I think it's going to
work well.

Thanks for your time.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Click to expand...
 
You create hyperlink with a target value of the IFrame name. The IFrame, like a normal frameset
loads individual pages.
Click to expand...

So in essence this works just like a regular frame in that you
can point any link to the iframe as a target, right ? That would be
the next thing to perfect for me. Have to do a little research on the
backward compatibility before I put something like that in my site
though. Does FrontPage handle iframes well ?


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Please remove the "_" when replying via email
 
see inline below

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================


John said:
So in essence this works just like a regular frame in that you
can point any link to the iframe as a target, right ?
Correct

That would be the next thing to perfect for me. Have to do a little research on the
backward compatibility before I put something like that in my site
though.
Click to expand...
Does FrontPage handle iframes well ?
Click to expand...

Yes, as long as you are not working Themes, Shared Borders and FP Navigation components.
 
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