Page titles

I am almost new to Dreamweaver. I have a main page which is basically a
frameset with a Top, Left and Main Frame. I keep loading my pages into the Main
frame but the top and left stay the same. Left frame has a navigation bar.
Problem is my browser only shows the frameset title. I want the title to change
with pages changing in the main frame. Can anyone help, please???

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
top.document.title=document.title
</script>

This will fail without an error message in NN4 and possibly other
browsers. It really shouldn't work at all since document.title is
supposed to be read-only. In any event, I wouldn't create design such
that requiring this to work is necessary for the usability of the site.

Of course, if you didn't use frames you wouldn't have to wade into such
murky waters.

--
James M. Shook
http://www.jshook.com

Caveat: The js code needs to appear *below* HTML title tags:

<title>foo</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
top.document.title=document.title;
</script>

Murkier and murkier.....
Mick
James Shook wrote:

script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"
top.document.title=document.title
/script

This will fail without an error message in NN4 and possibly other
browsers. It really shouldn't work at all since document.title is
supposed to be read-only. In any event, I wouldn't create design such
that requiring this to work is necessary for the usability of the site.

Of course, if you didn't use frames you wouldn't have to wade into such
murky waters.

Hi James/Mick,

Sorry for the late reply as I was out of town. Thanks for the inputs. You're
right, Murky is the word for that design. So now I'm gathering that you guys
more recommend using tables.
I'm wondering for the page menu, do you recommend using Dreamweaver's
navigation bar or using rollover images?

Regards,
Sassan.

Framesets don't have to be murky, but you must learn how to hop from one
slippery rock to another or you will get very wet.

I would not recommend DW's navbar since I have never used it. Without
knowing more about what your menu system must do I cannot say more.
However, the source for a wide range of menuing systems (some free, some
reasonably priced) is at:
http://www.projectseven.com/extensions/index.htm
Some extension help you build menus easily with excellent results,
others can be combined to make unique menus (but you will have to
understand basic HTML, JS and DHTML), and some of the extensions don't
have anything to do with menus at all.

--
James M. Shook
http://www.jshook.com