Hi everyone.<br />
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I built a basic webpage using the standard frames template available in Frontpage. The webpage is pretty typical (<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fairwoodgreens.org">www.fairwoodgreens.org</a><!-- w -->). It has the left panel with a list of 10 links to click on. The right hand side of the page is where the information is displayed.<br />
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What is weird is that every so often, when I click on the link, the left panel goes away, so all I see is the webpage (just missing the left hand panel of links).<br />
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What's weird is that one day, it will work. Another day, it won't. I have no idea on what is going on. What's even weirder is that I've seen this occur on other sites. I just assumed that the webpage developer on these sites was some kind of idiot and was making some basic mistakes. But now it's happening to me.<br />
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Any ideas would be much appreciated. If you need the code, I would be more than happy to provide it. Thanks! <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fairwoodgreens.org">www.fairwoodgreens.org</a><!-- w --> (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fairwoodgreens.org">http://www.fairwoodgreens.org</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->in the links on the LHS need to have the attribute target="" i.e.<br />
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<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"pagename.html" target="righthandframename">Link Text</a><br />
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Hope this helps<!--content-->Seems to work fine for me... you would be better posting this in the relavent forum area for HTML design. A suggestion tho... the links you have to outside organisations: I would not target these as "_self", get them to open in a new window if you must. Some sites don't like the use of their web content opening within the frame areas of another web site. Ask yourself if you would like your page opened within someone elses web page. The target ref would be "_blank".<br />
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Let me know what links you are having problems with and I will have another look for you.<!--content-->Ok, thanks for the tips. I give those a shot.<br />
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As to how (or why) I posted here and not the HTML design area, I wish I knew. That was a bit of a brain fart on my end. Sorry about that.<!--content-->That was a bit of a brain fart on my end. Sorry about that.<br />
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LOL<!--content-->Ok, I'm a little confused by BarkingSheeps reply (well, the first one, not the second).
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My frames page is called: index.html.<br />
My left hand panel is called: left.html<br />
My right hand panel is called: homepage.html<br />
<br />
So, looking at the code for the left hand panel, the first couple of links go like this (generally):<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"homepage.html">Home<a><br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"contactus.html">Contact Us<a><br />
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So is what you are saying that I need to change it to:<br />
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<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"homepage.html" target="homepage.html">Home<a><br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"contactus" target="homepage.html">Contact Us<a><br />
<br />
Sorry. I'm a bit inept at this. I'm also a little confused.
<!--content-->LOL <br />
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Look at the code in your <frameset><br />
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<frameset cols="211,*"><br />
<frame noresize name="contents" target="main" src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"Left.htm"><br />
<frame noresize name="main" src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"New_Homepage.htm"><br />
<br />
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For links on LHS the target would be "main" ie a link clicked in the LHS menu would open up in the main RH window ...<br />
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ANy further probs let me know ...<!--content-->Ahhhh. I see. The target needs to be "main". Great. I'll give that a shot.<br />
<br />
Thanks for helping out. I really do appreciate it.<br />
<!--content-->Make your targets for external links this tho: target="_blank"<!--content-->
<br />
I built a basic webpage using the standard frames template available in Frontpage. The webpage is pretty typical (<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fairwoodgreens.org">www.fairwoodgreens.org</a><!-- w -->). It has the left panel with a list of 10 links to click on. The right hand side of the page is where the information is displayed.<br />
<br />
What is weird is that every so often, when I click on the link, the left panel goes away, so all I see is the webpage (just missing the left hand panel of links).<br />
<br />
What's weird is that one day, it will work. Another day, it won't. I have no idea on what is going on. What's even weirder is that I've seen this occur on other sites. I just assumed that the webpage developer on these sites was some kind of idiot and was making some basic mistakes. But now it's happening to me.<br />
<br />
Any ideas would be much appreciated. If you need the code, I would be more than happy to provide it. Thanks! <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fairwoodgreens.org">www.fairwoodgreens.org</a><!-- w --> (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fairwoodgreens.org">http://www.fairwoodgreens.org</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->in the links on the LHS need to have the attribute target="" i.e.<br />
<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"pagename.html" target="righthandframename">Link Text</a><br />
<br />
Hope this helps<!--content-->Seems to work fine for me... you would be better posting this in the relavent forum area for HTML design. A suggestion tho... the links you have to outside organisations: I would not target these as "_self", get them to open in a new window if you must. Some sites don't like the use of their web content opening within the frame areas of another web site. Ask yourself if you would like your page opened within someone elses web page. The target ref would be "_blank".<br />
<br />
Let me know what links you are having problems with and I will have another look for you.<!--content-->Ok, thanks for the tips. I give those a shot.<br />
<br />
As to how (or why) I posted here and not the HTML design area, I wish I knew. That was a bit of a brain fart on my end. Sorry about that.<!--content-->That was a bit of a brain fart on my end. Sorry about that.<br />
<br />
<br />
LOL<!--content-->Ok, I'm a little confused by BarkingSheeps reply (well, the first one, not the second).
<br /><br />
My frames page is called: index.html.<br />
My left hand panel is called: left.html<br />
My right hand panel is called: homepage.html<br />
<br />
So, looking at the code for the left hand panel, the first couple of links go like this (generally):<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"homepage.html">Home<a><br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"contactus.html">Contact Us<a><br />
<br />
So is what you are saying that I need to change it to:<br />
<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"homepage.html" target="homepage.html">Home<a><br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"contactus" target="homepage.html">Contact Us<a><br />
<br />
Sorry. I'm a bit inept at this. I'm also a little confused.
<!--content-->LOL <br /><br />
Look at the code in your <frameset><br />
<br />
<br />
<frameset cols="211,*"><br />
<frame noresize name="contents" target="main" src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"Left.htm"><br />
<frame noresize name="main" src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"New_Homepage.htm"><br />
<br />
<br />
For links on LHS the target would be "main" ie a link clicked in the LHS menu would open up in the main RH window ...<br />
<br />
ANy further probs let me know ...<!--content-->Ahhhh. I see. The target needs to be "main". Great. I'll give that a shot.<br />
<br />
Thanks for helping out. I really do appreciate it.<br />
<!--content-->Make your targets for external links this tho: target="_blank"<!--content-->