Layer Scrolling

[thesoundshark]

Iv just started to make a page for the first time and decided that i would like to keep the header and footer in view and just scroll a block in the center could someone please explain how to do this.

Thanks V.much

teh n00b

 

[poobah]

I am certainly not an expert at all of this but, if you are using HTML, I think you would do it with frames. If you have an HTML "How To" book, check the section on frames for details of how to set them up.

 

[Arkette]

Frames are old tech - don't go there. Use a fixed height/width <div id="mydiv"> and set #mydiv overflow to scroll in the stylesheet.

 

[thesoundshark]

hmmm

ok i get the idea but how do i implement it e.g how do i set the width hight ect. could u post some example code

thanks

 

[Arkette]

Create a div on your page like this <div id="somediv"></div>

add you content between the div tags.
add this line between the head tags of you page:-
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">

Create a text file called style.css and paste the following into it:-

#somediv{
height:300px;
width:500px;
overflow:auto;
margin:0;
}
change the values to whatever suits your layout.

 

[poobah]

Arkette,

My knowledge of all of this is pretty rudimentary and style sheets are not covered in my "how to" book. Do you use them within html? If so, I should probably get a more up to date book.

Thanks,

 

[Arkette]

css styling can be incorporated within the page between <style> tags but IMO this is not best practice. I believe in keeping everthing separated - HTMl in one doc css in another script in another etc. In complex page designs it makes the whole thing much more readable and easier to find any errors that might have crept in. If you want to bring yourself up to speed on css use then I suggest you start by walking through th tutorials available at www.w3schools.com

 

[thesoundshark]

i know its somthing im doing but i just can get this to work if i was to email someone with the files could someone please edit the page for me and then send back???
any help please email [email protected]

 

[thesoundshark]

its ok guys i have sorted the scolling issue. thanks for all your help. the next question is can i just reload the layer rather then the whole page? like frames used to do???

 

[StephanieCordray]

no. frames are pages within pages... layers are not... they aren't the same at all although when you see the results through a browser it might seem so... layers are part of the page in a way that frames are not...

 

[thesoundshark]

are frames reliable enough though? i simply want to reaload the center of the page rather than loading every link and graphic for every page.