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I have a series of pages. The top half of the page changes, but the bottom
half stays the same.

I have created each page and put a Next and Previous button on each page. I
also have a table of all topics on the left so that the user can jump to any
page.

I have crafted each page in full. I am wondering if there is a recommended
way of doing this sort of thing. My guess is it would have a faster response
if it stayed on the same page and just changed the contents as the user
clicks on the appropriate button.

Is this possible, and what do I need to learn to be able to this?

What do you recommend?
 
It depends on how dynamic the content is going to be. You could write a
server-side web application, using ASP.Net or some other server-side
technology, but unless the number of documents is going to change, or is
rather large, or the content will change often, it might or might not be
worth the trouble.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
 
That sounds complicated. Is there an easier way, for example:

Is there a way to have all the text on the page, and make just the text I
want to show becomes visible when the user clicks a certain button? if all
the text were already on the page (on top of each other), then the page
would not have to change. It would just be a matter of refreshing parts of
the page.

I have no idea if anything like this is feasible?

Thanks.
 
Hi Jane,

If you have FrontPage 2003 it is not that hard..
The "Keyword" is Layers (in Help)

Here is a quick demo..
http://www.xmas-i-am.com/layer.htm

One problem is that if you incorporated too much on
one page it can take forever for it to load...

HTH
Don
============================
| That sounds complicated. Is there an easier way, for example:
|
| Is there a way to have all the text on the page, and make just the text I
| want to show becomes visible when the user clicks a certain button? if all
| the text were already on the page (on top of each other), then the page
| would not have to change. It would just be a matter of refreshing parts of
| the page.
|
| I have no idea if anything like this is feasible?
|
| Thanks.
|
|
| | > It depends on how dynamic the content is going to be. You could write a
| > server-side web application, using ASP.Net or some other server-side
| > technology, but unless the number of documents is going to change, or is
| > rather large, or the content will change often, it might or might not be
| > worth the trouble.
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| > Kevin Spencer
| > .Net Developer
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Big things are made up
| > of lots of little things.
| >
| > | > > I have a series of pages. The top half of the page changes, but the
| bottom
| > > half stays the same.
| > >
| > > I have created each page and put a Next and Previous button on each
| page.
| > I
| > > also have a table of all topics on the left so that the user can jump
to
| > any
| > > page.
| > >
| > > I have crafted each page in full. I am wondering if there is a
| recommended
| > > way of doing this sort of thing. My guess is it would have a faster
| > response
| > > if it stayed on the same page and just changed the contents as the
user
| > > clicks on the appropriate button.
| > >
| > > Is this possible, and what do I need to learn to be able to this?
| > >
| > > What do you recommend?
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
 
That looks very useful.
I am going to give it a go.
Thank you Don.
 
Hi Don,
I see your xmas-i-am url. there was a poster to this newsgroup some time
ago who used that sig line. do you know her?

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

Please feel free to contact me here:
http://nedp.net/contact/
 
Not necessarily a good idea. When you use layers, you can certainly hide
things. That doesn't mean they aren't there. Depending upon the total size
of each "page" you could be concocting a nightmare of latency for your
users. That is, the page could take forever to load.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living
 
Yes... xmas, gone now. Taught me most of what I know about FrontPage.

Don
======================
| Hi Don,
| I see your xmas-i-am url. there was a poster to this newsgroup some time
| ago who used that sig line. do you know her?
|
| --
| Chris Leeds,
| Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
|
| Please feel free to contact me here:
| http://nedp.net/contact/
| --
| | > Hi Jane,
| >
| > If you have FrontPage 2003 it is not that hard..
| > The "Keyword" is Layers (in Help)
| >
| > Here is a quick demo..
| > http://www.xmas-i-am.com/layer.htm
| >
| > One problem is that if you incorporated too much on
| > one page it can take forever for it to load...
| >
| > HTH
| > Don
| > ============================
| > | > | That sounds complicated. Is there an easier way, for example:
| > |
| > | Is there a way to have all the text on the page, and make just the
text
| I
| > | want to show becomes visible when the user clicks a certain button? if
| all
| > | the text were already on the page (on top of each other), then the
page
| > | would not have to change. It would just be a matter of refreshing
parts
| of
| > | the page.
| > |
| > | I have no idea if anything like this is feasible?
| > |
| > | Thanks.
| > |
| > |
| > | | > | > It depends on how dynamic the content is going to be. You could
write
| a
| > | > server-side web application, using ASP.Net or some other server-side
| > | > technology, but unless the number of documents is going to change,
or
| is
| > | > rather large, or the content will change often, it might or might
not
| be
| > | > worth the trouble.
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > HTH,
| > | > Kevin Spencer
| > | > .Net Developer
| > | > Microsoft MVP
| > | > Big things are made up
| > | > of lots of little things.
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > I have a series of pages. The top half of the page changes, but
the
| > | bottom
| > | > > half stays the same.
| > | > >
| > | > > I have created each page and put a Next and Previous button on
each
| > | page.
| > | > I
| > | > > also have a table of all topics on the left so that the user can
| jump
| > to
| > | > any
| > | > > page.
| > | > >
| > | > > I have crafted each page in full. I am wondering if there is a
| > | recommended
| > | > > way of doing this sort of thing. My guess is it would have a
faster
| > | > response
| > | > > if it stayed on the same page and just changed the contents as the
| > user
| > | > > clicks on the appropriate button.
| > | > >
| > | > > Is this possible, and what do I need to learn to be able to this?
| > | > >
| > | > > What do you recommend?
| > | > >
| > | > >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
I was wondering what happened. she posted that she was going to the
hospital, then never posted again. sad.

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

Please feel free to contact me here:
http://nedp.net/contact/
--
 

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