Posted by Jim Scott on 09/14/05 11:30

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:48:39 +1000, dorayme wrote:

>> From: Jim Scott <mr.jimscott@Xvirgin.net>
>
>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:25:35 +1000, dorayme wrote:
>>
>>>> From: dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au>
>>>> Newsgroups: alt.html
>>>> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:46:40 +1000
>>>> Subject: Re: css to replace frames
>>>>
>>>>> From: Jim Scott <mr.jimscott@Xvirgin.net>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:52:54 +1000, dorayme wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Jim Scott <mr.jimscott@Xvirgin.net>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dorayme
>>>
>>> snip...
>>>
>>>
>>> It strikes me that perhaps you are not sure about the way to
>>> direct links from *within frames* so perhaps you were puzzled
>>> when I said to put in your "home" and "next" links in the right
>>> frame (of the simpler suggested arrangement of left nav frame
>>> and right content one).
>>>
>>> For your home page link do this: <a href="homepage.html"
>>> target="_top">.
>
> snip
>
>>> dorayme
>>
>> Thanks.
>> I was doing that with my buttonised commands wasn't I? :o)
>> --
>> Jim
>> Tyneside UK
>>
>
> Fair enough. I guess I was a bit unsure about your difficulty
> when you said earlier:
>
> "The complication ... would appear to be that currently
> the only thing that changes between pictures is the content of
> the right hand frame and more importantly, perhaps, with it
> changes the 'next' link which is on the same page. If the new
> top right box remains static, not only does the contents of the
> picture frame have to change, but so does the 'next' link above?
>
> A simpler solution would be to add a 'home' button to the top
> left of every page."
>
> I did not see it as very complicated given the few pics you
> had... so i was wondering what the problem was? Also, you
> perhaps do rate the look of things differently to me? I think it
> is a bit fiddly looking to have a a home button in a top frame
> on the left above a left frame with a scrollbar that starts
> under it...? and then a next button up on the top frame to the
> right... and I have made suggestions to alter this. You have
> also said you would have a positioning problem if you put these
> links in the main content page and I made suggestions to address
> this.
>
> Just by the way, this may be idiosyncratic of me, but I think of
> buttons as things that look like buttons, pics, images,
> button-looking things. A link is a just a text link. But true,
> it is sort of pressable and maybe you are more in touch with
> most folks??
>
> Anyway, best of luck to you...
>
> dorayme

Thanks again.
Sorry if there was confusion. My worry was adding buttons to a frame which
was not going to visibly change. Since you agree that another top 'pane' is
not a good idea, then the problem doesn't arise anyhow.
I have been the route of next-back-home buttons and didn't like the look.
Each to his own eh?
Mind you I am mortally wounded that you don't think my buttons look like
buttons. I am quite proud of them although the stylesheet came from someone
in this ng. :o)
--
Jim
Tyneside UK

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