Posted by Ian Rutgers on 07/11/06 22:24

"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
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> Ian Rutgers wrote:
>> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
>> news:39c89$44b31aa7$40cba7c1$13563@NAXS.COM...
>>> Ian Rut gers wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have FireFox 1.0.5.4 and am coding this page
>>>> http://www.taoofpeace.com/test/studentresources/testSheets.php In IE &
>>>> Opera the iframe loads correctly (no scrollbars and sized correctly
>>>> with Javascript). In FireFox the scrollbar appears even though I have
>>>> explicity stated scrolling="no". My css sets the width of the iframe
>>>> and indicates that the overflow is visible.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a known issue with FireFox or am I missing something (html/css
>>>> wise)?
>>> If you are using PHP why are you bothering with an IFRAME?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I could write dynamic code in PHP but am operating under the constraint
>> that the client has to be able to edit the pages in Macromedia Contribute
>> so by putting the test sheets in individual files, it makes it easier for
>> editing. If you have another PHP solution ... I am all ears! '-)
>
> Sure very simple,
>
> the insert file "junior_yellow.php" is done with a
> <div id="theInsertFrameStyleAsYouLike">
> <?php
> include_once(junior_yellow.php);
> ?>
> </div> <!-- End of client's file -->
>
>
> so your client can do that same as they where before and your main page
>
> http://www.taoofpeace.com/test/studentresources/testSheets.php
>
> can process a query string to load whatever your client's pages are
> instead of the src for an iframe, so above example a link URL would be
> something like this:
>
> http://www.taoofpeace.com/test/studentresources/testSheets.php?p=junior_yellow
>
> Then with proper checking of course process the query string 'p' parameter
> and
>
>
> <div id="theInsertFrameStyleAsYouLike">
> <?php
> $fileToInclude=$_GET['p'] . 'php';
> // of course I show not checking here and you will want a
> // 'default' page for no query parameter on invalid ones
>
> include_once($fileToInclude);
> ?>
> </div> <!-- End of client's file -->
>
> Real simple and NO IFRAME, links to the different belts would be:
>
>
> testSheets.php?p=junior_yellow
> testSheets.php?p=junior_green
> ...
> testSheets.php?p=adult_black
>
>
Perfect! thx!

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