question on <iframe>

wowfood · 03-25-2008, 08:44 PM

ok i'm working on a website for a friend. (don't know why i agree'd but eh) anyway, i wanted to make it so as the nav bar stayed permanently at the top. (i already know how to do this using CSS so thats not the problem)

However, i had wanted to open up a forum beneath the naviagation bar for the forum section. And have it so as the nav bar STAYED at the top even while navigating the external forum.

Now i know that i can open the external thing using <iframe> but if you click on any of the navigation within that page, it redirects you to the full page Is there any way to fix this? (i have no time stamp on when he wants it done as its just a favour thing, but its starting to annoy me)

**Jaxo** · 03-26-2008, 12:29 AM

Hi wowfood,

I have never used iframes in a page before so I did a little searching. Looks like you can target the iframe with your navigating links. You have to first give your iframe a name. Example below.

Code:

<iframe
name="iframe"
src="http://www.techsupportforum.com"
</iframe>

Then you target that iframe within your links. Check it out.

Code:

<a href="http://www.techsupportforum.com/test" target="iframe">Super Sweet Help</a>

As long as you don't use target="_top" within your links the following pages will stay within the iframe. Now I could be totaly wrong about this since I have never used it. But it should work.. in theory, right?

Give it shot and let me know. Maybe someone with iframe experience can chime in and give me a yay or nay

wowfood · 03-27-2008, 05:43 AM

thanks jaxo that could work, but like i said i'm trying to get this so i can have an external forum displayed, i don't think i have enough knowledge to code an entire forum just so i can make all the links point within the iframe :P

**Jaxo** · 03-27-2008, 11:22 AM

wowfood,

I will try and test this a little later today. Sounds like if you just point your navigation to the iframe every link you clink on inside the iframe will stay in it. With the exception if the link has target="_top" option. Then it will open over everything. Curious if what I'm writing is right or not

. I'll try and give it a test later.

**Redcore** · 03-27-2008, 03:59 PM

Why use iFrame? This seems best suited for general frames.

index.html - this is what compiles the frames

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<frameset rows="80,*" frameborder="no" border="1" framespacing="0">
  <frame src="top.html" name="topFrame" scrolling="No" noresize="noresize" id="topFrame" title="topFrame" />
  <frame src="forum.html" name="mainFrame" id="mainFrame" title="mainFrame" />
</frameset>
<noframes><body>
</body>
</noframes></html>

Now create "top.html" with your navigation stuff and "forum.html" can be replaced with whatever forum you want to link to.

03-25-2008, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
wowfood Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 66 OS: WinXP home	question on <iframe> ok i'm working on a website for a friend. (don't know why i agree'd but eh) anyway, i wanted to make it so as the nav bar stayed permanently at the top. (i already know how to do this using CSS so thats not the problem) However, i had wanted to open up a forum beneath the naviagation bar for the forum section. And have it so as the nav bar STAYED at the top even while navigating the external forum. Now i know that i can open the external thing using <iframe> but if you click on any of the navigation within that page, it redirects you to the full page Is there any way to fix this? (i have no time stamp on when he wants it done as its just a favour thing, but its starting to annoy me) __________________ Mobo: Asus Striker II Formula skt 775 Ram: 2x Corsair 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz in dual channel Processor: intel q6600 quad core, 2.4ghz HD: 2 x Maxtor 500GB 1x Maxtor 1000gb PSU: Tagan 700w ATX2 Power Supply Sound: Asus soundcard that came with mobo GPU: 2x MSI 7900 GT/GTO 512mb memory in SLi

03-26-2008, 12:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jaxo Design Team Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Deming, NM Posts: 291 OS: XP SP2 & Vista	Re: question on <iframe> Hi wowfood, I have never used iframes in a page before so I did a little searching. Looks like you can target the iframe with your navigating links. You have to first give your iframe a name. Example below. Code: <iframe name="iframe" src="http://www.techsupportforum.com" </iframe> Then you target that iframe within your links. Check it out. Code: <a href="http://www.techsupportforum.com/test" target="iframe">Super Sweet Help</a> As long as you don't use target="_top" within your links the following pages will stay within the iframe. Now I could be totaly wrong about this since I have never used it. But it should work.. in theory, right? Give it shot and let me know. Maybe someone with iframe experience can chime in and give me a yay or nay

03-27-2008, 05:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
wowfood Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 66 OS: WinXP home	Re: question on <iframe> thanks jaxo that could work, but like i said i'm trying to get this so i can have an external forum displayed, i don't think i have enough knowledge to code an entire forum just so i can make all the links point within the iframe :P __________________ Mobo: Asus Striker II Formula skt 775 Ram: 2x Corsair 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz in dual channel Processor: intel q6600 quad core, 2.4ghz HD: 2 x Maxtor 500GB 1x Maxtor 1000gb PSU: Tagan 700w ATX2 Power Supply Sound: Asus soundcard that came with mobo GPU: 2x MSI 7900 GT/GTO 512mb memory in SLi

03-27-2008, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jaxo Design Team Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Deming, NM Posts: 291 OS: XP SP2 & Vista	Re: question on <iframe> wowfood, I will try and test this a little later today. Sounds like if you just point your navigation to the iframe every link you clink on inside the iframe will stay in it. With the exception if the link has target="_top" option. Then it will open over everything. Curious if what I'm writing is right or not . I'll try and give it a test later. __________________ Help TSF Fight Cancer! Web Developer Tools: Firebug for Firefox \| IE Developer Toolbar \| Run multiple versions of IE

03-27-2008, 03:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Redcore Design Team Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jamestown, CA Posts: 498 OS: WinXP My System	Re: question on <iframe> Why use iFrame? This seems best suited for general frames. index.html - this is what compiles the frames HTML Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <frameset rows="80," frameborder="no" border="1" framespacing="0"> <frame src="top.html" name="topFrame" scrolling="No" noresize="noresize" id="topFrame" title="topFrame" /> <frame src="forum.html" name="mainFrame" id="mainFrame" title="mainFrame" /> </frameset> <noframes><body> </body> </noframes></html> Now create "top.html" with your navigation stuff and "forum.html" can be replaced with whatever forum you want to link to. __________________ Free Resources PC Protection - Comodo Firewall \| AVG Anti-Virus \| WinPatrol \| Ad-Aware \| Spybot S&D \| SpywareBlaster \| Web Design/Programming - KompoZer (Editor) \| Paint.NET* (Graphic) \| GIMP+GIMPShop (Graphic) \| FileZilla (FTP Client) \| Free Hosting \|