frame stress

natasha_randell · 11-19-2008, 11:40 PM

i have been stressing for 2 days now about a set of frames , i followed what the books and online sites tell me and i have tryed changeing things up on my own but nothing works. i have 3 frames made on a page but i can only get one of the frames to display its page.
<HTML>
<FRAMESET rows="40%,*">
<FRAMESET cols="30%,*">
<FRAME name="leftframe" scr="NAVIGATOR.html">
<FRAME name="banner" src="BANNER.html">
<FRAME name="mainframe" scr="MAIN.html">
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>
i can get the banner to show but nothing else , what can i do to make these pages show ?

Doctor_Varney · 11-19-2008, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by natasha_randell

what can i do to make these pages show ?

Well, I'm sure a lot of people might suggest that you stop using frames and try CSS positioning instead...

<FRAME name="leftframe" scr="NAVIGATOR.html">
<FRAME name="banner" src="BANNER.html">
<FRAME name="mainframe" scr="MAIN.html">

But when we get stressed, it's sometimes very easy to forget to...

i tryed changeing

...Check our syntax.

natasha_randell · 11-23-2008, 06:54 PM

lol omg i forgot to go back and look over it , i did not even see that i mixed them up thanks ,
so i fixed it and now my index and banner are showing but my main page is still not showing. maybe you can tell me why ?

<HTML>
<FRAMESET rows="40%,*">
<FRAMESET cols="30%,*">
<FRAME name="leftframe" src="NAVIGATOR.html">
<FRAME name="banner" src="BANNER.html">
<FRAME name="mainframe" src="home.html">
</FRAMESET>

and thanks again for your help

gnomeontherun · 11-23-2008, 10:13 PM

Well if this is the entire page, you are missing some parts of the code. Granted frames are not recommended, but its your choice.

Your frames are also defined for only two...I moved the one frame up to what I think you meant.

Code:

<html>

<frameset rows="40%,*">
<frame name="banner" src="BANNER.html">
<frameset cols="30%,*">
  <frame name="leftframe" src="NAVIGATOR.html">
  <frame name="mainframe" src="home.html">
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/frames.html

natasha_randell · 11-23-2008, 11:40 PM

thank you now i can see all three but i wanted the index in the banner , is that posible .
i never use frames but the woman i am doing the website for wants frames on her web pages .

gnomeontherun · 11-24-2008, 09:15 AM

Then just change the sources for the frames. The link I posted has all the info about frames.

Also, you could try to persuade your client to use better practice, there are a lot of reasons

I have clients who want flash intros to their sites, and I tell them no. Of course I talk to them about some of the statistics of how many visitors can be lost because of a landing page like that and they listen

Doctor_Varney · 11-24-2008, 09:47 AM

I agree with Jeremy. It would be better for you to convince them, than have another web publisher do so, later on. Ideally, you want people to come back to you. Yes, it's their choice, at the end of the day, though they might appreciate being informed of their options.

One more thing. At the risk of sounding dreadfully sententious (I hate pedants) but I feel it would be a terrible shame to perfect your syntax and web standards, only to let yourself down on the spelling, punctuation and grammar, which is so essential to publishing.

That's meant to be helpful, by the way. Sorry. I hope you are not dyslexic; in which case, I'd understand, though I suspect you think text-speak is acceptable, outside of an environment which charges by the word.

Best wishes

natasha_randell · 11-26-2008, 07:46 PM

i know my grammer suck as well as my spelling and i take no offence , i was switched from french to english when i was younge and i have still not got everything down pat but i am working on it . i have gotten a lot better beleave me .

i am going to try something different i think because i really hate frames and she has given me the go ahead to try a few things .

thanks a lot for your help
tasha