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Good alternative to frames?

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  • 22-10-2002 4:12am
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    Dun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭


    .. Anyone have any suggestions? I want to get rid of the frames, but they're so handy for the menu. Is there anyway of creating a replacement that can be changed every so often without having to change every page?

    If you wanna have a look at the site in question, it's:

    http://www.inishowen.net/


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    DadaKopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    The only replacement that's cross-browser compatible as far as I know is to make some sort of dynamic website - PHP, ASP that kind of thing. You make one template and it gets regenerated each time a request to the server is made.

    But if you don't know PHP, you might just have to do everything the hard way.


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    cgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Or slightlyeasier than a dynamic website is Server Side Includes (SSI), if your web server supports them. It allows you to (amongst other things) include one html page within another, so you could have your menu html as one html page, and just include that in the other pages.

    .cg


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    the Guru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭the Guru


    If you use Dreamweaver or the Like you can build one template Page and then build the rest of your pages from that I find it works


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    Dun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    Hmm.. I've been wondering about getting into PHP. I was well into creating web sites about six years ago, so I know all my HTML and have a good knowledge of javascript and css.

    The website is hosted on Eircom (free) webspace, as it's a not for profit site. I'm almost 100% sure that they do not allow anything apart from the vanilla on their servers.

    I am using Dreamweaver 4, and although it might be easy to set up templates, the thing is that I have 288 existing pages that I reeaaaaaallllllly don't wanna go and have to change individually.

    As an aside, is Dreamweaver MX or whatever they call the newest version, much better than version 4? I hated 4 when I upgraded from 3, but now realise it's so much better.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    If you use a very simple PHP include you can easily change over.
    Of course, if you have hundreds of pages, it'll be a pain to start with, but once it's in place your life will be a lot easier.

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    Terminator
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Terminator


    Also you'll get much better results with search engines when you ditch the frames. (Provided each page has a distinct and relative title).


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    damien_gill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭damien_gill


    I'd strongly suggest paying a visit to

    http://www.dynamicdrive.com

    They have great resources there anyway.

    IN YOUR CASE GO TO THEIR NAVIGATION SECTION AND YOU MAY FIND A NAVIGATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD SUIT YOUR NEEDS.

    I have one in particular in mind and all changes to the navigatino bar can be done through one particular script.

    If ya want I can e-mail you an example of it.


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