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novaz_spark
01-06-2003, 11:21 AM
okay. Is there any possible ways to get the frame LONGER than what it is?
right. here's mine so far...

a left frame. On top of that a top frame. Below the top frame- next to the left frame are two frames- up and down frames. Next to it is the right frame.

Is that confusing? I don't blame you. I'm starting to get confused myself! 0_o
but I hope you get the picture.

All the frames are covering the whole page. What if I want the right frame to be longer than it is??
If I put my page in that frame a scrollbar will show up, and I don't want any scrollbars. But if I delete/hide whatever, the scrollbars- not all the links will show up.

makes sense so far?
oh please, tell me it is... I really need the help ASAP

Thanks All!!

Sheila
01-06-2003, 11:41 AM
Do you mean like Lissa's main site (http://www.lissaexplains.com/intro.shtml) how it goes all the way down? If so, you are going to have to use tables to do that.

novaz_spark
01-06-2003, 12:09 PM
YES! that's it. The pages scroll but the frames doesn't.
thank you so much! I'll take a look at the table section now...

novaz_spark
01-07-2003, 08:49 AM
actually, I changed my mind. I think I'm gonna use inline frames now....

an iframe on the left top corner (for links) and an iframe in the middle (for the content)

but the thing is I have a problem linking that kinda stuff. If I want someone to click a link from one frame- and make it show up on another...do I use this link?

<a href="inline.html" target="inlineframe">Your link name here</a>

do I change 'inline.html' to the page I want it to link to?
do I change 'inlineframe' to where?????

and I get the last bit.

So if anyone knows please let me know. ^_^

Sheila
01-07-2003, 10:43 AM
inline.html will be the main page that shows up in the 'box'. If you have another page already made for the main page, just change the inline.html to your page.

You use the name of the iframe to target the inline frame....so when you put links on it would be <a href="Your link" target="inlineframe">Your Link Name</a>

Hope that helps.

novaz_spark
01-08-2003, 07:50 AM
wow! thanks, I get it now. Yep. That really helped me alot. :-D

novaz_spark
01-08-2003, 08:02 AM
uh-oh. it didn't work. I'm sorry, I'm not exactly getting all this.
I've saved the iframe- to show all the pages in as inline.html? is that right???
and on the other frame I put...

<a href="the link I'm gonna open up" target="inline.html">test click</a>

also I tried...

<a href="the link I'm gonna open up" target="inlineframe">test link</a>

result- both failed.

is there any other way now? or is it just me?? >_<

Sheila
01-08-2003, 09:13 AM
Can you post the URL to the site or post the iframe code?

novaz_spark
01-09-2003, 08:16 AM
my iframe code where the link is is this...

<a href="main.html" target="inline.html">great site</a></body></html>

the main.html is the page I want to open.
and inline.html is the name of the page I want it to be opened in.

am I doing anything wrong? :'<

epolady
01-09-2003, 08:48 AM
Did you name your iframe like so

<iframe src="abc.html" name="frame1"></iframe>

and link it like so

<a href="xyz.html" target="frame1">Text</a>

'member that Frame names are case sensitive. so if you name your frame "FRAME", make sure you link it target="FRAME".

novaz_spark
01-09-2003, 11:07 PM
I did the top bit. But this one

<a href="xyz.html" target="frame1">Text</a>

I don't get.

where do I put the above again? on the frame I want to open, or the frame where my link is in?? right next to it maybe? please help. I'm almost getting it.

Sheila
01-10-2003, 06:54 AM
That is for your links..

Like if you had a page about your self called aboutme.html

Your link would be <a href="aboutme.html" target="inlineframe">About Me</a>

(You have to make sure you spell it exactly like it is in the iframe code. Just look at your Iframe code to see what the NAME is....that is what you put in the target part.)

novaz_spark
01-11-2003, 07:48 AM
thank you so much. The truth is I still can't get it. It seems so simple, there must be something I'm doing wrong.
So I'm checking that out right now...so sorry for all the trouble explaining.

Thanks again!

novaz_spark
01-15-2003, 09:51 AM
oh yay! I did it!!
I know what I did. instead of putting the actual name on it...(which I didn't realise I shouldve changed...I put the page it's saved as (inline.html) . lol. :lol: I never knew that before.

Thanks so much!