Is this only possible in ASP

[John]

Whilst looking for an article on some web design info through
Google, I came across a fairly interesting site at
http://www.crankitup.org/newlayout.asp . Initially I thought it had
nothing to do with what I was looking for which was info on iFrames.
But I thought it had a pretty interesting look so I proceeded to
peruse the programming. What I read has me scratching my
follicly-challenged pate.

First :

<td bgcolor="#b7d0e9" style="border: 1px solid #000000; filter:
alpha(opacity=75);">

Yeah I know about alpha filter but frankly I was NOT aware that one
could apply style sheets to individual cells. Is that legit ? Also,
anyone have any idea how to find out what some of these new colors are
that I'm seeing in styles ?

And while that was enough to rouse me from my after-dinner
torpor, the next little tidbit twisted my meager intellect to a rather
peckish state. This resulted after I navigated through a couple links
and found what I think is dynamically targeted iframes which load
right back into the page I'm viewing. I really like this approach !

<iframe FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER=0 width=300
height=4000 src="http://www.crankitup.org/middle.html"
name=middle style="position:absolute; left:228; top:9"
scrolling=auto></iframe>

<iframe FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER=0 width=365
height=5000 src="http://www.crankitup.org/right.html"
name=right style="position:absolute; left:535; top:9"
scrolling=auto></iframe>

Can this be done via static HTML + CSS + frames/iframes or does it
require server-side processing ? If it cannot be written into the
pages is there any possibility that PHP could do it ? I just loaded my
entire site to Godaddy onto a non-ASP server. Of course I could just
trash a couple days worth of work !

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
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[Ronx]

What you see on that page is all you need. There is no server-side
processing required at all. It's all done with HTML and CSS.

The inline-styles (styles within individual tags) are perfectly normal
(though some older browsers [like Netscape 4] may ignore them, or even
crash, depending on the styles involved).

What new colours?

The iFrames are fixed - absolutely positioned - there is nothing dynamic
about them.
The page you were looking at will give problems to over a third of users,
since it will give left/right scroll bar to users with browser set to
800x600. Again, iFrames will be problematic with older browsers.

 

[John]

What you see on that page is all you need. There is no server-side
processing required at all. It's all done with HTML and CSS.

I understand about 98% of it as it's quite simple. What I
don't understand is how he gets the page to launch links into an
iFrame on the fly after the page has already loaded.

The inline-styles (styles within individual tags) are perfectly normal
(though some older browsers [like Netscape 4] may ignore them, or even
crash, depending on the styles involved).

I just started re-working my site and I'm back to FrontPage
again. I'm adjusting all of my links to include the styles now. It's
going to be a long day !

What new colours?

Perhaps "new" wasn't correct but how would I find out what
color "bgcolor="#b7d0e9" " is ? Just curious. I typically only use
grayscale on my site for B-&-W photography.

The iFrames are fixed - absolutely positioned - there is nothing dynamic
about them.
The page you were looking at will give problems to over a third of users,
since it will give left/right scroll bar to users with browser set to
800x600. Again, iFrames will be problematic with older browsers.

Yeah not such a good idea to ignore those number. I've used
frames and stylesheets for the last 4~5 years and it's worked well.
Just looking for an alternative that's fast and simple. I just loaded
a page into tables with styles last night and I think it's going to
work well.

Thanks for your time.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You create hyperlink with a target value of the IFrame name. The IFrame, like a normal frameset
loads individual pages.

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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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What you see on that page is all you need. There is no server-side
processing required at all. It's all done with HTML and CSS.

I understand about 98% of it as it's quite simple. What I
don't understand is how he gets the page to launch links into an
iFrame on the fly after the page has already loaded.

The inline-styles (styles within individual tags) are perfectly normal
(though some older browsers [like Netscape 4] may ignore them, or even
crash, depending on the styles involved).

I just started re-working my site and I'm back to FrontPage
again. I'm adjusting all of my links to include the styles now. It's
going to be a long day !

What new colours?

Perhaps "new" wasn't correct but how would I find out what
color "bgcolor="#b7d0e9" " is ? Just curious. I typically only use
grayscale on my site for B-&-W photography.

The iFrames are fixed - absolutely positioned - there is nothing dynamic
about them.
The page you were looking at will give problems to over a third of users,
since it will give left/right scroll bar to users with browser set to
800x600. Again, iFrames will be problematic with older browsers.

Yeah not such a good idea to ignore those number. I've used
frames and stylesheets for the last 4~5 years and it's worked well.
Just looking for an alternative that's fast and simple. I just loaded
a page into tables with styles last night and I think it's going to
work well.

Thanks for your time.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org

 

[John]

You create hyperlink with a target value of the IFrame name. The IFrame, like a normal frameset
loads individual pages.

So in essence this works just like a regular frame in that you
can point any link to the iframe as a target, right ? That would be
the next thing to perfect for me. Have to do a little research on the
backward compatibility before I put something like that in my site
though. Does FrontPage handle iframes well ?


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
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[John]

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527

Have you ever tried Forte Agent ? Much better then OE or
Outlook.

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
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[Thomas A. Rowe]

see inline below

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================

So in essence this works just like a regular frame in that you
can point any link to the iframe as a target, right ?
Correct

That would be the next thing to perfect for me. Have to do a little research on the
backward compatibility before I put something like that in my site
though.

Does FrontPage handle iframes well ?

Yes, as long as you are not working Themes, Shared Borders and FP Navigation components.