Posted by jojo on 10/11/06 14:00

(PeteCresswell) wrote:

>> Do you mean a scrollable table with fixed header?
>> Have a look at
>> http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/examples/nonscroll-table-header.html
>
> This is from somebody who knows nothing - basically a dilettante.

I hope you mean yourself and not the one how created that table... It
really is some nice work.

> I've got an application

application? with HTML?? not really...

> in which I use frames to present a godawful-long list of
> thumbnails.

which are bigger than they are displayed. why don't you reduce the sice
of the images to the size they are displayed with? needs less time to
load...

> User clicks a thumbnail, details appear... www.wchs59.com

fix your validation-errors:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wchs59.com%2F

>
> I know that frames are the spawn of satan and all that - but I decided to use a
> frame just because it did what needed doing

Erm... and what is it that "needed doing"? displaying Information if you
click on a thumbnail? that did not require frames...

> I didn't want to make a career out of figuring out the right way.

the right way for what? and what is the right way? do you know it?

> Could that table contain thumbnails in one column? i.e. Could I adapt the
> technique to replace my frame?

You can. simply put the <img> in the cell you want it in...

>
> A "line" in my frame looks like this:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <p><a href="Pix/40th/AtzrottElaine.jpg"><img
> src="Pix/40th/ThumbNails/SmithJohn.jpg" width="120" alt=""/><br/>John
> Smith<br/>(JohnSmith.jpg)</a></p>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

I do not really think it's a paragraph... so why do you use a <p> here?
I would say it's a list... so use <ul> and <li> here.

HTH, jojo

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