I'm trying to make a page with the middle area being the spot that with change
(depending on what link is clicked). Its been so long that I can remember how
to do this. As example, the link buttons may be *about us *gallery etc, so when
a new button is clicked, the area on the page will change without having to
load the entire page. I know this should be considered 'basic' but I can't find
instructions anywhere.

Please Help Me!!!

HalfNelson wrote:
> I'm trying to make a page with the middle area being the spot that with change
> (depending on what link is clicked). Its been so long that I can remember how
> to do this.

It's known as creating a frameset. It's an outdated practice that's best
left forgotten.

http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php

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I think what HalfNelson is describing is an iframe, not a frameset. If you had
read his question without judgement you would have known that. I'm a new user
to Dreamweaver and after some research I found iframes, now I just need to use
them!
I would suggest you not degrade those looking for help.
Thanks

2manyhats wrote:
> I think what HalfNelson is describing is an iframe, not a frameset. If you had
> read his question without judgement you would have known that.

Not necessarily. An iframe is simply an inline frame. If you do a search
for "iframe good or bad", you'll find opinions differ on their value. In
my experience, they're not used very extensively.

> I would suggest you not degrade those looking for help.

I don't - at least, not intentionally. If the original poster was
referring to frames, pointing out the problems inherent with frames is,
indeed, helpful. Also asking someone to follow the forum guidelines
helps everyone. The original poster is likely to get a swifter and more
accurate response if a meaningful subject line is used. It could also
alert others to information they might find useful.

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Frames and iframes in my opinion should not be used unless they really need be.
I do believe you are thinking about using Frames, which is the easiest way, but
not search engine friendly.

The new way you may want to research how to do this is with Div Layers that
has some JavaScript code that changes the inner text when the button is
clicked. Although, for doing it the easy way, frames works.

> not search engine friendly.

Frames are perfectly search engine friendly. Search engines have no
difficulty indexing your framed pages. THAT'S the problem. Since your
content frame is a separate page, it gets indexed as a separate page,
creating the possibility that you could find a content page with no
navigation page in the search results. They just aren't user friendly.

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"domainsatretail" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Frames and iframes in my opinion should not be used unless they really
> need be.
> I do believe you are thinking about using Frames, which is the easiest
> way, but
> not search engine friendly.
>
> The new way you may want to research how to do this is with Div Layers
> that
> has some JavaScript code that changes the inner text when the button is
> clicked. Although, for doing it the easy way, frames works.
>

I would do it to with DIV and the show and hide layer function. It will be easy to implement. But I have no idea on the impact for the favorite and indexing.

Frenchy ASP