Search & Frames

[Guest]

I am a webmaster of a website which uses frame. the top frame is a constant
that has scrolling pictures & needs to be seen on every page. when i use
google to search for a page and click on it, it only displays the bottom
frame, is there any way to link the top and bottom frame so when someone
enters the site through a different page they are still able to view
everything as if you entered from the homepage? thanks.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

That is one of the major drawback of using frames. You would have to replace your current frameset
with a JavaScript dynamic frameset.

See:
http://www.echoecho.com/jsframes.htm

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[Murray]

There are javascript methods to force an isolated frame to reload itself in
the frameset. I am sure a quick GOOGLE will find at least 10 of them.

Be aware that this is the beginning of the slippery slope into frameset
hell.... That is one workaround after another until you drop from
exhaustion, or your site breaks irrevocably. It's one of the reasons (and
there are many) I never encourage the use of frames.

 

[Clark]

Here's one work-around,

Make simple page on which you put:

If a search engine brought you here, and you dont see the navigation graphic
above this sentence, click here

Have the "click here" link point to www.yoursite.com. Save that page with some
name like topredirect.htm and then put it as include page at the top of every
page that normally opens in the main window.

Basically, it's one of those frame work-arounds that works, but sucks too.