i need to know how i can call a template page and open the page clicked in an iframe on that tamplate page. i really need help with this. thanks

I believe using the TARGET="_parent" should work?? If im reading your post right you want the whole page to change when user clicks a link inside the IFRAME ?

i have a javascript drop menu at the top. when a choice is clicked from the menu, i need a new page to load that has an iframe. but i need what is clicked to load in the iframe

well i blieve as the target u put the name of the iframe---if u named it "myframe",
than it would look like this:
<a href="mypage" target="myframe>, and so on

yeah i can do that. but does work if i try to target from a different page.

oh..ok i see wat ur saying now...i think...the only way u would be able to do that i think is through a form? u basically have a drop down menu w/ a couple different links that r pointing to the same page that has this iframe...and if u click "link1" than u want the "link1" page to show in the iframe that a new page loads? is that rite? ya i dont know how u would do that

yep thats what i want. hahaha

ok maybe I'm just being dumb here.

You want a page to open with the target site in an iframe eg;
link says google.com, click, page opens with Google in an iframe. right so far ?

where's the problem?

you have a page with google as the source for the iframe and open that page. Or have I missed something?

i think i'm abandoning this idea dealy. i don't it's possible. thanks though guys.