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**yiddojonny** · 01-13-2008, 10:25 PM

Just finished making my webiste but i have a problem getting the pages to load inside the frame. The links at the top of the page are inside a frame and so is the information below which is were i want the information to load as seen here:

www.jonnyrowan.com

so i want the links on http://www.jonnyrowan.com/frame1.html to load up inside http://www.jonnyrowan.com/intro.html

Is this possible? please help.

thanks

**itHighway** · 01-13-2008, 10:45 PM

You need to define target frame in Top links.

**yiddojonny** · 01-13-2008, 10:50 PM

i've tried that but it doesn't seem to work

**TributeK** · 01-13-2008, 11:15 PM

Yeah he's right. In your top iframe, make it so your links target your "iframemain" iframe: <a href="page.html" target="iframemain">Link Here</a>

Works perfect for me.

**LadynRed** · 01-13-2008, 11:30 PM

WHY are you using iFrames at all ? They're horrible for page load and worse for search engines !

**yiddojonny** · 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TributeK

Yeah he's right. In your top iframe, make it so your links target your "iframemain" iframe: <a href="page.html" target="iframemain">Link Here</a>

Works perfect for me.

Got it working - thanks very much for your help!

**bsquared** · 01-18-2008, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadynRed

WHY are you using iFrames at all ? They're horrible for page load and worse for search engines !

Hi LadyinRed - I joined after a search and found iframe talk here. Your point is popular in forums, but I built a site for our business using a lot of iframes, and I believe it is a good site. I have no difficulty loading and have added text to index pages to be found on search engines.

Here's the question: Since I'm such a newbie to html and must rely on forums for help, what are the alternatives to give me similar functionality? Can I use blocks or divs in tables? Some forums claim that tables are bad and css is King. I am looking for ideas now because I want to do a face lift to make the site a little sweeter and will be introducing video soon. I expect to learn more css but can't see that helping in this area.

Your thoughts and any links would be appreciated.

**TributeK** · 01-18-2008, 10:06 PM

You can use server side includes. The only one I know how to use is . You can use SSI in php and I'm sure several other languages. You basically section off your layout and save those sections to individual html files. It would look similar to this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>











</body>
</html>

That way you can edit the code for one of those sections and it fixes every page. The only thing about this is that a new page will load if you want to show new content, but that's the way most sites work anyway. I would rather do something similar to this than take a chance at missing out on those people who can't view frames/iframes.

**bsquared** · 01-19-2008, 11:46 AM

Tributek - thanks for your response. I had never even heard of SSI (while I'm not new to computing, I am to web). After searching the web and DreamWeaver Help, it does look promising. Troubling is DreamWeaver comment that it slows page loading as I have plenty to load.

The thing is that I use a menu across the top and a slashdot menu in the left sidebar of each page (both in table cells). Probably just easier to see what I'm trying to say: www.mcgymswim.com. Aside form the nav bars (which I doubt would qualify for SSI) all of the content is unique to the category found in the top nav bar.

Your thoughts are appreciated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TributeK

You can use server side includes. The only one I know how to use is . You can use SSI in php and I'm sure several other languages. You basically section off your layout and save those sections to individual html files. It would look similar to this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>











</body>
</html>

That way you can edit the code for one of those sections and it fixes every page. The only thing about this is that a new page will load if you want to show new content, but that's the way most sites work anyway. I would rather do something similar to this than take a chance at missing out on those people who can't view frames/iframes.

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