frames do not work sometimes

[tonyc]

Hi,

I'm no web-designer but have cobbled together a website
(www.uhnresearch.ca/wcif) with Frontpage. I recently moved this to
frames.

The left hand buttons have the 'main' frame as a target, but often load
the link in to a frames-free page. i.e. no new window opens but the
left hand and top frames disappear.

This only happens sometimes and I can't figure out why. Restarting the
browser and revisiting the website gets the frames to behave again. Any
suggestions much appriciated.

Thanks,

Tony

 

[Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) - MVP]

Checdk on the page with the link and see if you have a default target of top.
That would do precisely what you describe.

If the individual links are set to target a specfic frame, you should be
fine, but often there is the default set at the top. Any links not
specifically targeted will use this as target. You can find it in the header
section of the HTML, if this is the case.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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[tonyc]

The left hand panel (called "contents") default set at the top (hadn't
noticed this - <base target>?) is set to the correct frame (i.e.
"main").

Each button is specifically targeted to "main" too.

In the frames html the side panel is also targeted to "main"
<frame name="contents" target="main" src="vButtons.htm" noresize
scrolling="no">

Thanks,

Tony