Summary: I currently have a website: allurephotous.com > that I built with software that doesn't support windows Vista. So, I am > trying to remake my website with your software. My first obstical is > making an independent column (frame) on the left side of each of my pages > for my links to my other pages. I beleive I was headed in the right > direction after looking at a tutorial that said to make a "frame" on a > separate page. When I open a new page, it opens with the first image that > I'm using on my first page and it says if I delete it from the new page, > it will also be deleted from the first page. How do I open a "blank" new > page & do I use a "frame" to make these side columns that I want?
An i-frame should do what you what. Make the target "_parent" as discussed in the tutorial -- that will allow you to change the right-hand side of the page.
The multiple-delete operation affects only "includes". If you want images that are independent of each other, use clones or copies. The differences are discussed in the Object tutorial.
To get a new page, click the "Add New Page" button on the top toolbar, or the main menu Page > Add new page. If you have a Master Page set in the Page Editor > Page Select tab, this will not probably not be a blank page.
To get a completely blank pages, uncheck the Master Page Box. Or use CTRL+A to select all, then "Cut" (not "Delete") all the selected objects.
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OK - I've added the i-frame but when I preview the page and scroll the main body, the i-frame moves with the main body. I want it to remain stationary as on my currently posted site. Can you help with this?
I think you need to reverse how your i-frame is used. Use the i-frame to show your pages and place the nav menu on the main page as standard links. Have each link load the pages into the i-frame on the main page by using a target statement.
Sorry - I need a little more help with that. I think I know what you are saying, but I don't want to mess it all up. Since I want the i-frame featured in the same place on all of my pages, I've tried to set it as the templete page (page 15 of 13 so it's not a featured page). Which page should I build first or how do I "reverse" the way I've done it? Getting a little confused.
Your current site is created using framesets which SiteSpinner does not directly support. This has basically divided you page into two sides, left and right. To duplicate this effect in SS, you would place an i-frame on the "right-side" of your main (index) page so the linked pages could be viewed and on the "left side", just use a text object containing the links.
Each of your links would load the desired page into the i-frame by adding a target="iframe-geometry_name" statement in the Code field of the link.
Your i-frame will stay stationary on the page on which it is placed as it is a standard HTML element. Its size when published will be the size you establish during the design stage. If the page to be displayed inside the i-frame is larger than the i-frame dimensions, scrollbars will appear (or become active) to allow your visitor to scroll the page within the i-frame.
OK - I understand what you are saying and I tryed to do that but the elements (page & i-frame) were still locked together. Did I miss a step with this: target="iframe-geometry_name" that you mentioned. I think I missed this part.
Can you post a link to a test site with at least your index page and one linked page? It would be easier to help seeing what you have produced so far. You can use the Publisher->iHostVM tab to put up a temporary test site for free.
OK - Here's where it is now: http://trialsites.ihostvm.com/...lsite242363/website/ This is NOT where I was with the i-frame hosting the main body on top of the page with the links column on the left. I un-did that because it wasn't working as planned. In this version, we don't see the links on the left for some reason. Another problem I noticed with the i-frame was that I could not edit it's content from where it was joined to the other page - which sucked. This seems like so much trouble compared to my older software where the side bars could simply be turned on or off.
I have put together a simple example of your site using an i-frame on the index page along with a nav menu on the left side. You can view it here. This is a very rough example as your content pages are not optimized for display in the i-frame, but the index page should give you an idea of what I was talking about.
If you need the project file to view, you can download it here.
I guess I need it explained to me one step at a time. I'm confused over what should be on my index page or which pages to build 1st or 2nd and what to name them as I'm trying to make it all work. It's getting all screwed up at my end.
Yes - I think what you did is what I'm looking for. It's similar to my regular site. And, I tried to layout the new page based on your example layout, but it's not working for me. The background of my i-frame is "white" instead of black and I get the icon showing that the computer is still "working" on it (like the hourglass). Something isn't right. When I'm doing the Embed file or Media, what page should I have setup to sellect from on the Page List drop-down box?
You have 3 i-frames on your page when you only need 1. Have you looked at the Tutorials about I-Frames? An i-frame acts like "window" on your page in which to load other pages, not media or embed files. You should be using the HTML file type.
On-line, your i-frame contains a 404 page not found error instead of your page2.html. Do you have a page named page2 in your project, and if so, did you have the publisher set to publish all pages or just the current page?
As for your nav menu, you need to turn each of the text into links and point them to the appropriate pages. In the link editor, when you assign a link, you will also need to add the following statement in the Code field:
quote:
target="geo52"
which will cause the link page to appear in your i-frame.
