TCH-Thomas Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 (edited) Hi everyone, I´m using Cutesite builder myself, so i absolutely dont have the answer to this. Today my nephew (13 y/o) asked me for feedback on the site he is doing. I was so impressed by what a 13 year old kid can do with notepad, but one thing neither he, me or his dad can figure out how to do. He now uses 6 frames (according to him, some are probably merged though) to center a menu pretty much like the topmenu on KW´s http://www.csbsupport.com/index.htm but with submenues. He wants to reduce the amount of frames to center the menu.. I showed him how to do it simple in CSB, but he then tells me that to do these submenues (with only a topmenu) he needs to do a lot of html-pages. One for each submenu that will eat up his disk space. Something tells me he shouldnt have to do one html-page/submenu, but i am way from sure. How should he do it? I dont remember his URL right now so i cant explain more than this, but let me know and i publish it. -Thomas P.S If anyone understands my messy explanation and knows how he should solve it, please explain so a 13 y/o understands and not only computerfreaks like us. Edited October 29, 2003 by Tonsa Quote
DarqFlare Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 I'd want to see the coding myself to understand it better and give proper advice. Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted October 30, 2003 Author Posted October 30, 2003 (edited) Hi and thank you DarqFlare, Here is what he has done so far: http://hem.passagen.se/adde_testare/index2.html Good to know is that Im using 800x600 and he is using a higher resolution so he doesnt see the problem. -Thomas Edited October 30, 2003 by Tonsa Quote
TCH-JimE Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 Hi, Ah the old frame and dhtml menu trick, this was must adventure into html and is what really made me sit and learn HTML. First off, I suggest that you get rid of the frame, use includes instead. 2nd of all, get hold of this menu script: http://www.twinhelix.com Side menu version: http://www.twinhelix.com/dynamic.html and top down menu version: http://www.twinhelix.com/dhtml/scripts/popup.html I say loose the frames, because such menus are difficult to work accross the frames. Good luck and write back here if more help is required! Jim Quote
DarqFlare Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 At this point, your website has so many frames... It's very difficult and cumbersome. I suggest learning a little bit of SSI (Server-side includes), and having it include the required menus and files that way. Sure, the bandwidth will be used a little more because of each new page load, but the frame problem will be removed entirely, and you'll be able to more effectively design each page. Quote
TCH-JimE Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 Hi, I would use php includes. SSI is ok but it becomes a pain after a while and a simple line of PHP is quite easy to get to grips with. The difference in bandwidth will be nominal. Actually from that website you can download a script which just uses DIV tags meaning that the page is never reloaded. Jim Quote
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