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Old April 26th, 2008, 04:31 AM
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Cool :: TARGET of links in FRAMES (simple question) ::
I just have a quick question:

A few pages in the website I am working will be split into two frames (header with horizontal menu + bottom frame displaying archived content from a previous version of the website).

I need the links in the top frame to control the whole window, not just the frame they are in. For example, a link in the top frame would say "Return to event description" and when clicked, I would like the browser to bring the whole window to that page (without frames), not just load it inside the frame. I guess this cannot be achieved with the "Target" variable...how can I do this?

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target="_top"

Why are you using frames?
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Ahhh...thanks! I thought _top would be a new window...

Why...cuz its just for a couple pages on the site and its simple. What's a better alternative?
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Well, what is the reason for using the frameset?
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The site is for an organization that has many events each year; I am making a new website, but I will not need to carry over all the information about past events - so if someone wants to see info on a past event, it will be a page with two frames: my new header/menu on top, and a page from the old website in the main frame below...but I needed the links in the top frame menu to bring the user back to the main new site
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Ok, if you are making a new site and want to integrate old pages, is the best method going to be to whack in a nasty, old method frameset or use newer methods to seamlessly incorporate them into the design.

Is this a dynamic site or static?

I'll do a quick example in PHP.

PHP Code:
Original - PHP Code 
  1. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
  2. <html>
  3.   <head>
  4.     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
  5.     <title></title>
  6.   </head>
  7.   <body>
  8.  
  9.   <div id="topRow"></div>
  10.   <div id="leftCol"></div>
  11.   <div id="content">
  12. <?PHP
  13.   if($_GET['view']) { // Check if a link been clicked with a get variable.
  14.     $page = filter_var($_GET['view'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); // Remove any unusual or malicious code in the link variable.
  15.     if(file_exists('/old_pages/'.$page)) { // Make sure the file exists before using it.
  16.       include('/old_pages/'.$page); // Insert the file into the content div.
  17.     }
  18.     else echo 'This file does not exist.'; // Print this into the content div if the file does not exist.
  19.   }
  20.   else include('default.html'); // If we haven't selected a file to view, use the default page.
  21. ?>
  22.   </div>
  23.   <div id="rightCol"></div>
  24.   <div id="bottomRow"></div>
  25.  
  26.   </body>
  27. </html>
  28.  
So an example link would be <a href="index.php?view=olddocument1.html">Click Me</a>

This is obviously a more basic example and wont fix the HTML being inserted into your page, but I can help you if you want to try doing something a little more dynamic.
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Thanks! I didn't think about the php include function (i use it for the menu)

I am from a design background and just recently got into web development - this is my second site (testing @ www.iuhei.org/cmf) ... www.iuhei.org was the first one.

I will try the php method now...
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Actually, the page I need to "inlclude" is a PHP page itself (for example: http://www.cmf.ch/_sCrans/2007/index.php) and it doesn't seem to work...is it still possible to use "include" somehow?

And thanks for helping me with this - I really appreciate it. Let me know if you wouldn't mind using googleTalk or MSN to reply quicker - I will send you my username
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What happens when you try to include it?
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Nothing - the div is empty. Also, I don't just need to display a single page, but let the user navigate several related pages (like News, Press Articles, etc. in the above link). So I think frames work fine
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