Solved: Dreamweaver 8 Frame Link Problem

Batspice · 27-Sep-2007, 06:43 PM #1

Hi there

This is bugging the life out of me and I've seen folks post about it on other forums but with no solutions being offered. Hopefully someone here can help.

I've done a frame set and have linked my menu for new pages to open in a certain frame. I've put the url of the page and also the target where its all supposed to go. I've named all of my files, I've named all of my frames - but the page that I want to open, opens in a complete new browser window and not the frame I specify.

I've made and saved the new files that I want to open, outside of the original frameset.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks in anticipation.

dudeking · 29-Sep-2007, 03:25 AM #2

Can I see the code for the menu frame please?

Batspice · 29-Sep-2007, 11:06 AM #3

Sure - here it is, although I only tried to link the first 2 items:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style></head>

<body>
PRODUCT MENU
• <a href="Bottles New.htm" target="Main">Bottle Cages, Road</a> 
•<a href="Forks Frame.html" target="Main"> Forks</a> 
• <a href="Frames.html">Frames</a> 
•<a href="Handlebars.html"> Handlebars</a> 
• <a href="Handlebar Tape.html">Handlebar Tape</a> 
• <a href="Headsets.html">Headsets</a> 
• <a href="Saddles.html">Saddles</a> 
• <a href="Seatposts.html">Seat Posts</a> 
• <a href="Seat Clamp.html">Seat Clamp</a> 
•<a href="Skewers.html"> Skewers</a> 
• <a href="Stems.html">Stems</a> 
• <a href="Tubing.html">Tubing</a> 
• <a href="Wheels.html">Wheels</a>
• <a href="Index.html">Home</a> 
• Contact
</body>
</html>

tomdkat · 01-Oct-2007, 02:52 PM #4

Your HTML seems to be missing the definition of the frame named "Main". Without that frame being defined, the links will open in a new browser window or browser tab.

EDIT: Or did you just post some of the HTML? Did you post the HTML for the menu frame only? Can you post the HTML file with the framesets defined?

Peace...

Batspice · 01-Oct-2007, 02:59 PM #5

Here's the code for the main frame which is where I want the new pages to open:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style></head>

<body>
<div align="center"><img src="proliteblack.gif" alt="Prolite Logo" width="430" height="45" align="middle" /></div>
 
The Prolite philosophy is to produce a high range of PROfessional LITEweight bicycle equipment using the very latest technology and materials.
We have built an extensive range for road bikes, all designed to be the lightest and most durable products on the market today, and now it's available to everyone.
Click on the Product Menu to the left and use the page links provided to see the professional lightweight cycle components that we produce.
 
 
</body>
</html>

tomdkat · 01-Oct-2007, 03:32 PM #6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Batspice

Here's the code for the main frame which is where I want the new pages to open:

Thanks but I was looking for the HTML file with the "frame" or "frameset" tags in it.

If your site is live, can you post a link to it?

Peace...

Batspice · 01-Oct-2007, 05:09 PM #7

Sorry - it's not live - I'm just in the middle of doing the whole thing and havent uploaded anything as yet. Is this what you're after?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<frameset rows="113,295" cols="*" frameborder="no">
<frame src="Blank 1.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" id="Blank 1" />
<frameset rows="219,70" cols="*" frameborder="no">
<frameset rows="*" cols="53,679" frameborder="no">
<frame src="Blank 3.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" id="Blank 3" />
<frameset rows="*" cols="606,67" frameborder="no">
<frameset rows="*" cols="139,457" frameborder="no">
<frame src="Menu Frame.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" id="Menu Frame" />
<frameset rows="*" cols="24,392" frameborder="no">
<frame src="Logo Frame.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" id="logo" />
<frame src="Main Frame.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="yes" id="Main" />
</frameset>
</frameset>

<frame src="Blank 4.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" id="Blank 4" />
</frameset>
</frameset>

<frame src="Blank 2.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" id="Blank 2" />
</frameset>
</frameset>
<noframes><body>
</body>
</noframes></html>

tomdkat · 01-Oct-2007, 07:52 PM #8

Yep, that's what I was looking for.

Try adding a "name" attribute to your frame tags, like this:

<frame src="Main Frame.html" frameborder="no" scrolling="yes" id="Main" name="Main" />

See if that helps.

Peace...

Batspice · 02-Oct-2007, 02:54 AM #9

Thank you - that appears to have done the trick!!

tomdkat · 02-Oct-2007, 09:52 AM **#10**

Cool! Then be sure to assign the other frames appropriate "name" attributes, as necessary.

Peace...

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