Development frames

i am developing a website using hotmetal pro 4.0

there are two frames - a navigation frame
and then the main website document is in a frame.

the problem is that when i create a link ( create the link in the navigation frame page), and then name the target frame box - the name of the frame. all this goes ok but when i want 2 preview the site in IE 6 i get three frames 2 navigation frames and then the main web document, any one know whats going wrong.

Also if anyone can provide further info on creating a link one one frame and then the result being seen on the other frame please post it here

hthanks

 

Mind if we take a look at the code?

btw, assuming you have 2 frames called 'nav' and 'main' you should be able to refresh the contents of 'main' from 'nav' with

Code:

<a href="file.html" target="main">Click me!</a>

 

ill post the code later ill post the code for the 2 frames and then the whole page

 

ive got it to work thanks any way, if i have more problems ill be requesting help

 

http://www.themainframe2002.tk/

the first page of my site no where near finished

 

Personal opinion: I don't like frames.

 

why?

 

Personal Opinion- I don't like frames because it seems useless on a lot of points to me. I like it more when people use iframes when they are saying something small, otherwise I see frames as useless...but like I said..it's an opinion.

 

alot of people dont like frame, and i dont see why really! they speed up web sites, make them easier to navigate and if used right can make them look better and improve security (everyone doesnt know your page names, cant see the extra PHP variables which may be in the thing (though they could right click its just not there, is what i mean )). Oh it makes hit counters work a treat better, i mean, on a single frame page, you may have to keep returning to the main page and getting another hit on the counter! if you put the counter in a frame which never changes it only counts you once thus making it more accurate (which as a webmaster i find much more important than just having a high number to show how 133t a page is! ).

just my £0.02p

 

<- also anti-frames. Includes work a lot better. And as for hit counters that cant tell between a unique and non-unique hit... sounds pretty crap to me

 

i'm mostly anti frames also. i've seen a few sites that use frames in a unique manner, which i like those. but overall they are a pain in the butt, and usually make a repulsive looking website. especially when people put the left menu in a frame, if there's a scroll bar its in the way and uuugly and then if there's no scroll bar you have to stretch your window down to see the rest of the menu.

 

Frames are ok, and can be great, but so long as they're used properly, and few people can.
You want to aim for seamless integration though, and not have scroll bars all over, that's what people dislike most about them.

Most layouts can be achieved with tables that can be done with frames, and people often prefer to work with them.
If you want a scrolling area, you could always use an overflow div:

Code:

<style type="text/css">
.auto {
  background-color:#00FFFF;
  width:150;
  height:150;
  overflow: auto
}
</style>

<br>Auto:<br>
<div class="auto">
You can use the overflow property when you want to have better control of the layout.<br><br>
Try to change the overflow property to: visible, hidden, auto, or inherit and see what happens.
The default value is visible.
</div>