HTML Frames Problem

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dug987654

New Member
Hi Everyone.

I am currently writing my first website. I am having a bit of a problem with frames. I have a homepage that links to four pages. One of these four pages is split into two frames. There is a sub-menu page at top, and the lower frame will open what is selected from the sub menu.

The top page also has a back button and links to the other three main pages. The problem is, when I choose back, or another page, only the top frame goes back, so the pages that should be full screen are not, they are only in the top frame area.

What do I need to add to stop this happening? I have attached the code below. I haven't actually got round to creating the sub menu yet, just the back button and buttons for the previous menu.

Thanks, Doug :)

Code: 
<html>

<title>Douglas Rose - Online Portfolio - Portfolio</title>

<frameset rows="25%,*">

<frame src="C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Uni Work\Project\Douglas Rose - Portfolio files\Online Portfolio Top Page.html">
<frame src="C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Uni Work\Project\Douglas Rose - Portfolio files\[B][COLOR="Red"]to be added[/COLOR][/B]" 
name="showframe">

</frameset>

</html>

and

Code: 
<html>

<title>Douglas Rose - Portfolio - Online Portfolio Menu</title>

<body bgcolor="#292929" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000" background="">

<a href="C:/Users/Doug/Documents/Uni Work/Project/Douglas Rose - Portfolio files/Home Page.html"><img src="Webpage Files/08_Back_Home.jpg" width="311" height="128" alt="Home" title="Click here to go back to the Homepage" border="0" align=""/></a>

<a href="C:/Users/Doug/Documents/Uni Work/Project/Douglas Rose - Portfolio files/About Me Page.html"><img src="C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Uni Work\Project\Douglas Rose - Portfolio files\Webpage Files\02_About_Me.jpg" width="181" height="39" alt="About Me" title="Find out about me" border="0" align="middle" /></a>

<img src="C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Uni Work\Project\Douglas Rose - Portfolio files\Webpage Files\12_Online_Portfolio_Selected.jpg" width="198" height="40" alt="Portfolio" title="See my portfolio online" border="0" align="middle" />

<a href="C:/Users/Doug/Documents/Uni Work/Project/Douglas Rose - Portfolio files/CirVit Page.html"><img src="C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Uni Work\Project\Douglas Rose - Portfolio files\Webpage Files\04_CV.jpg" width="54" height="40" alt="CV" title="View my CV" border="0" align="middle"/></a>

<a href="C:/Users/Doug/Documents/Uni Work/Project/Douglas Rose - Portfolio files/Contact Me Page.html"><img src="C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Uni Work\Project\Douglas Rose - Portfolio files\Webpage Files\05_Contact_Me.jpg" width="220" height="40" alt="Contact Me" title="Contact me by email here" border="0" align="middle" /></a>

<br />

Choose from the options here

</body>

</html>
 
leroy30

leroy30

New Member
Don't use frames is the short answer. They're not search engine friendly and nobody uses them any more!

If you really must split your pages then use a framework that supports templates / master pages or download the JQuery javascript and use the $.load method.
 
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aracaris

New Member
yes, I agree a good short answer is to not use them.
The only reason to use frames anymore that I can think of is if you want to be sure that on the rare occasion you are requested to create them for a client that you know how. But anyone actually demanding frames is pretty unlikely these days, and you can achieve the same look with CSS.

Unless you have a good reason why you really do want separate pages all showing up together on one single page (is there?) then I really suggest just create all the content your on a single HTML page and style it with CSS instead. I also suggest looking up server side includes and learning about them, if what you want is an easy way to have the same content (such as a menu bar) showing up on several pages.

But check out this site, maybe it will be helpful to you: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_frames.asp
 
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