Advice wanted: frames, tables or something else?...

[Ed Martin]

I'm working with a friend that has a small business. They sell a variety of
boutique products/product lines. For some of their lines, the manufacturer
has a robust web site that they want to leverage. For other lines, they are
going to have to create their own site.

That said, they want to make sure that customers (they will offer the site
to wholesale & retail customers) remain on their own site as they browse.

My initial inclination is to do a page with an inline frame. I could create
a main site where the nav elements for all product lines live in top or side
areas and then have the sites for the various product lines (sites) appear
in an inline frame. Here is a link to a quick prototype I've put together:
http://www.dsdesigns.rgpweb.com

I understand the compatibility issues with frames. But with or without that,
is there a better approach?

Also, in the prototype I made, I've run across a problem already with the
frames. If I display an external site in the framed site I've built, and
then click on a link on that external site, the link doesn't pop up in my
frame but instead "takes over" and goes to an entirely new page (replacing
my frames-based "portal"). [For example, take a look at my prototype site,
click on the "Ekelund" button in the upper left - which opens the external
Ekelund site in the inline frame. Now, click on the "Products" link in the
upper left of the Ekelund site.]

Is there a work around to that?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You have no control over external pages. If they want to keep everyone on their site, then they need
to get permissions from the other site(s) to copy the specific content to their site.

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[Wild Bill 2]

I can't help you with any advice because I'm no expert but I did see
your page and I think it's a great begining.

I'm working with a friend that has a small business. They sell a variety of
boutique products/product lines. For some of their lines, the manufacturer
has a robust web site that they want to leverage. For other lines, they are
going to have to create their own site.

That said, they want to make sure that customers (they will offer the site
to wholesale & retail customers) remain on their own site as they browse.

My initial inclination is to do a page with an inline frame. I could create
a main site where the nav elements for all product lines live in top or side
areas and then have the sites for the various product lines (sites) appear
in an inline frame. Here is a link to a quick prototype I've put together:
http://www.dsdesigns.rgpweb.com

I understand the compatibility issues with frames. But with or without that,
is there a better approach?

Also, in the prototype I made, I've run across a problem already with the
frames. If I display an external site in the framed site I've built, and
then click on a link on that external site, the link doesn't pop up in my
frame but instead "takes over" and goes to an entirely new page (replacing
my frames-based "portal"). [For example, take a look at my prototype site,
click on the "Ekelund" button in the upper left - which opens the external
Ekelund site in the inline frame. Now, click on the "Products" link in the
upper left of the Ekelund site.]

Is there a work around to that?

Wild Bill 2, Marietta, Ga. (^_-)
email: poston8 [at] comcast [.] net