address bar doesn't change

aflacduck · #1 May 29th, 2007, 02:06

Hi,

I've been looking at a site that has links to external sites but when I click to these other sites the address bar still displays the original sites url even though I see the other site.
Why the original site would do this I don't know but how do they do that is my question?

many thanks

spinal007 · #2 May 29th, 2007, 02:30

HTML Frames
With frames, you can display more than one HTML document in the same browser window. Each HTML document is called a frame, and each frame is independent of ...

Ryan Fait · #3 May 29th, 2007, 02:52

What Spinal forgot to mention: Do not use frames. They are bad for accessibility, usability, SEO, and so on.

spinal007 · #4 May 29th, 2007, 02:55

Yes! Sorry, forgot!

aflacduck · #5 May 29th, 2007, 11:06

Thanks for the replies.

I looked at the source code for the site http://www.cantley.norfolk.sch.uk/
and it doesn't appear to be frames unless the address is that of the frameset file with the frame as the page being viewed. If this is the case why would anyone use frames for just one viewable window?.

I appreciate what you say about not using frames but I used frames to display photos
http://www.cantley.org/slideshow/index.html
Would there have been a better option than this?.

karinne · #6 May 29th, 2007, 12:28

Source of http://www.cantley.norfolk.sch.uk/

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<html>
<frameset cols=0,*"
                framespacing="0" border="0" frameborder="0">
<frame name="zero" scrolling="no" noresize>
<frame name="main" src="http://www.cantley.norfolk.procms.co.uk">
</frameset>
</html>

That's a frame alright! *gives me the hibby gibbies just looking at that code*

Quote:

Originally Posted by aflacduck

I appreciate what you say about not using frames but I used frames to display photos
http://www.cantley.org/slideshow/index.html
Would there have been a better option than this?.

Sure ... by using Lightbox or the different or the different flavors of it

aflacduck · #7 May 29th, 2007, 12:44

Hi Karinne,

Thanks for that but how did you get to that frameset code? when I viewed source I just got the frame and not the frameset.

karinne · #8 May 29th, 2007, 12:54

There are 2 extensions in Firefox that you cannot live you web designers' life without

Web Developer
Firebug

aflacduck · #9 May 29th, 2007, 13:44

I have firebug which is fantastic but I will check out the web developer. Just looked at that page in firebug, i can see now that it is frames.

Thanks a lot Karinne

karinne · #10 May 29th, 2007, 14:02

no problem

Ryan Fait · #11 May 29th, 2007, 22:19

Lightbox is beautiful

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