popover window that remains open even if user navigates to another page?

supercain · 10-10-2012, 04:48 AM

Hi,

i need to put an iframe on every single page of my website, but i dont want the content of the iframe to reload everytime the user navigates to another page. I have seen that before on some pages like Facebook chat. There you can navigate to another page and the chat window stays open without reloading. I wonder how is that accomplished because i need it so much since i have a chat too and its annoying to have it reload and log you in every time you navigate it to other page. I hope you can help me.

Thank you.

Jimmaay · 10-10-2012, 05:27 AM

Facebook uses AJAX specifically Ajaxify (http://max.jsrhost.com/ajaxify/) for their links which just replaces their content div innerHTML with whatever is loaded.

If your website is simple you can use an iframe and the chat very easily

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head></head>
<body>
    <iframe src="main_content.php"></iframe>
    <div id="chat"></div>
</body></html>

supercain · 10-10-2012, 05:38 AM

I tried that once long time ago. It didnt work because my site is a board and all the links become a real mess. My chat is in an iframe, the problem is that the user goes to another page the chat will reload, thus forcing the user to login which sucks. My site is a board very similar to this one. Imagine you put a chat in an iframe embedded right below the header. How would you do so when you click on a topic or any other link the iframe with the chat stays the same and only the rest of the page changes?

Old Pedant · 10-10-2012, 07:46 AM

An obvious answer is to use true <frame>s instead of an <iframe>.

The chat is in one <frame>. The forum board is in the other <frame>. When you change forum content, you do it by loading a different page into the forum's <frame> and the chat <frame> is undisturbed.

Old fashioned, maybe, but it works.

Failing that, you'll just have to use two separate windows.

supercain · 10-10-2012, 09:00 AM

Could you put this board in a frame and a chat in other? People will complain if they have to navigate a board that is encapsulated inside a div or iframe. I cant definitively change the structure of my site. It has to stay as it is but with the div container below the header that contains the chat. Is it impossible then?