Hi all

Im working on a site that will be updated every few days or so and am trying to figure out how it can be set up so that when new content is added to the index page the older content will shift down and overflow to page 2. I want the site index to remain a fixed size.

I know this is probably kind of a noobish question and perhaps Im not explaining myself very clearly. Have a look at digg.com or break.com for an idea of what Im talking about. Im assuming that those sites are "automated" in some way dynamically (php or asp.net) to allow for content to be added painlessly.

They usually are, based on a concept called recordset paging. Recordset paging is pretty simple: you assign a number of records you want on any page (call it X).

For page 1, records 1 to X appear.
For page 2, records X + 1 to 2X appear.
For page 3, records 2x + 1 to 3X appear.

And so on and so on, all fully automated.

As far as keeping your index page a fixed size is concerned, you wouldn't be able to do this in terms of height without an additional scrollbar at some point, since people will be able to resize your text in Firefox and most other browsers even if you set it as a pixel-sized font. Paging is a good idea to keep a site from getting "too long", but it won't solve the problem of "I want it X pixels high."

Hi Adam

Thanks for the info. A quick googling seemed to indicate that this can be done with asp.net. Once I have the system in place will it be relatively easy to add content via Contribute?

I've only mildly dabbled in ASP.net, and done nothing at all in Contribute (I refuse to use Macromedia products other than Flash because I have to). So sorry dude...I can't really answer that question.

I know recordset paging is possible using ASP.net and a database, though.

Originally Posted by ADAM Web Design

So sorry dude...I can't really answer that question.

No problem man. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.