Posted by Andy Dingley on 06/25/07 14:44

On 24 Jun, 04:30, John <phasereve...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a web page which was authored in photoshop with a css xhtml
> layout.

* We either need to see a URL to it, or else you'll have to buy us
all crystal balls and cross our palms with silver first.

* "authored in photoshop" makes me lose heart whenever I hear about
it on a web page. Do you mean you took a picture of one possible web
page on ejust one of the world's many computers, then chopped it up,
stuck it in a <table> and then forced people to look at a picture of
how it might look on someone else's computer? That's a terrible way
to do web design (as often discussed).

* I have no idea what "a css xhtml layout" means without actually
seeing it. Nor is using XHTML a good idea. Trying to use XHTML when
you still think PotatoShop is a good idea always leads to trouble.


As to the general problem of "dynamically updating one part of a page
without round-tripping the whole page through the server", then this
is a very well known problem.

Use frames (bad), use an <iframe> (not quite so bad) or use a purely
JavaScript technique like AJAX. Probably a combination of JavaScript
and <iframe> will be the most appropriate solution for you.

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