HTML Help

swopist · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 40

Hi,
I'm new to HTML, and I've got a question about frames. First of all I'm using IE 8 beta and here is a link to my website:
http://smilynn.net/cadenza

I have a menu on the left of the page, within a frame, that has a list of links. On one of my pages(Piano Studio), I have a link on the main page to a pdf document. When I click on the link it opens the pdf in the main page's place, keeping the menu frame to the left. This is great!! However, the problem... while the pdf is open, I click a link on the menu and it opens that page in it's own window by itself without the menu frame. I want to keep everything in the same browser window. If I need to, I can just target the pdf to open in it's own window, but I'd rather the menu frame be visible at all times.

Sorry if my terminology is incorrect. Like I said, I'm new at this. Thanks!

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1283

Once again IE is getting it wrong. Remember this is a beta version. On my computer with IE7 or Firefox, it opens Acrobat reader in a new window which is what it is suppose to do. I would open it in a new window using target="_blank" which is acceptable using frames.

swopist · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 40

I went ahead and did that for my pdf files, however, the same thing happens when I navigate within my own site.

On the "Sheet Music" page in my site, I can click on a link to open another page(i.e. "Piano Sonata in E flat Major"), once that page is open(the menu is still visible to the left), I click on a link in the menu (i.e. "Piano Studio")and it opens that page in a new window without the menu.

When I go from menu link to menu link this problem does not occur.

I would like my entire site to stay within the browser, and for the menu to be visible at all times.

It seems like this would be simple, but it sounds like it might not be impossible.

Any solutions?

nikki · Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 61

try using target="_top" or target="_parent"

swopist · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 40

I tried using those, unfortunately neither did the job. I redesigned my webpage since then replacing the frames with CSS and div's. So much easier! For a beginner, frames were a big hassle.