Same Page Website

How do you make a website stay on the same page? Like have the buttons/links
on the left of the screen and when you click on them they come up in a box that
is already on the page instead of bringing up a whole new page... Understand??
I have the layout I want and have a space for the pages to coem up but I don't
know how to make it work..

Kind of like the site below but I just want it to come up in a little smaller
box... I know I am confusing... I don't even know what it is called..... Help
me!!!!!!

Meeker

I think you'll have to use IFRAMES which will work in IE but not in Mozilla
based browsers.

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That is done using layers and the show-hide layers feature.

One thing to keep in mind - when the site loads, it loads ALL the layers.
If you have a site around a dozen pages of just text on every layer - it
won't be noticed. But, if you place graphics in each layer it will bog down
your site load time.

For a small, simple site though it works fine.

"meeker25" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

How do you make a website stay on the same page? Like have the
buttons/links
on the left of the screen and when you click on them they come up in a box
that
is already on the page instead of bringing up a whole new page...
Understand??
I have the layout I want and have a space for the pages to coem up but I
don't
know how to make it work..

Kind of like the site below but I just want it to come up in a little
smaller
box... I know I am confusing... I don't even know what it is called.....
Help
me!!!!!!

Meeker

iFrame does not work in Netscape 4.7, but is supported in all newer
Mozzilla browsers.

Joost Kolkman

J.S. (UltraSuite) wrote:

I think you'll have to use IFRAMES which will work in IE but not in Mozilla
based browsers.

iFrame does not work in Netscape 4.7, but is supported in all newer
Mozzilla browsers.

Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware of that.

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Personally, I think this is a very bad idea. It is unfriendly to your
visitors, and will bite you in the final analysis.

Why do you want to do this?

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"meeker25" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

How do you make a website stay on the same page? Like have the
buttons/links
on the left of the screen and when you click on them they come up in a box
that
is already on the page instead of bringing up a whole new page...
Understand??
I have the layout I want and have a space for the pages to coem up but I
don't
know how to make it work..

Kind of like the site below but I just want it to come up in a little
smaller
box... I know I am confusing... I don't even know what it is called.....
Help
me!!!!!!

Meeker

My bad - I thought you meant absolutely nothing loads between menu choices.

"~" <up (AT) bat (DOT) com> wrote

That is done using layers and the show-hide layers feature.

One thing to keep in mind - when the site loads, it loads ALL the layers.
If you have a site around a dozen pages of just text on every layer - it
won't be noticed. But, if you place graphics in each layer it will bog
down your site load time.

For a small, simple site though it works fine.

"meeker25" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:cv13f8$9t9$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
How do you make a website stay on the same page? Like have the
buttons/links
on the left of the screen and when you click on them they come up in a
box that
is already on the page instead of bringing up a whole new page...
Understand??
I have the layout I want and have a space for the pages to coem up but I
don't
know how to make it work..

Kind of like the site below but I just want it to come up in a little
smaller
box... I know I am confusing... I don't even know what it is called.....
Help
me!!!!!!

Meeker

I see what I am trying to do on a lot of websites. I don't think I am
explaining it very well... I am so new to this whole thing and I think I am
out of my league. I will try and explain it one more time..... Lets just say
I have a template I want to use for every page. One for news, media, biography
and so on... On these templates you want them to chang each time to match up
with you selection. If you click on news you want the news to come up.... On
a lot of websites when you click on news or another button it comes up in it's
own little box instead of having to reload the whole page..... ok picture
this.... Buttons that are nemed Bipgraphy, news, media, guestbook, and shows
are on the left of the website along with a logo on the top... I want these to
be on every page of the site..... to the right of these buttons and below the
logo is a blank space that makes a square and this is where i want the content
to appear when each choice is made. Thus the only thing that is loading when i
click on the buttons is the content to the right.......... I don't want to
have the whole page load each time.. I want the basic template to stay all the
time and the square that has the contents of the site to be the only thing that
loads when i click a choice..... Ok I am don't sounding stupid...... Maybe I
need to give it up.. lol

Meeker

"meeker25" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I see what I am trying to do on a lot of websites. I don't think I am
explaining it very well... I am so new to this whole thing and I think I
am
out of my league. I will try and explain it one more time..... Lets just
say
I have a template I want to use for every page. One for news, media,
biography
and so on... On these templates you want them to chang each time to match
up
with you selection. If you click on news you want the news to come up....
On
a lot of websites when you click on news or another button it comes up in
it's
own little box instead of having to reload the whole page..... ok picture
this.... Buttons that are nemed Bipgraphy, news, media, guestbook, and
shows
are on the left of the website along with a logo on the top... I want
these to
be on every page of the site..... to the right of these buttons and below
the
logo is a blank space that makes a square and this is where i want the
content
to appear when each choice is made. Thus the only thing that is loading
when i
click on the buttons is the content to the right.......... I don't want
to
have the whole page load each time.. I want the basic template to stay all
the
time and the square that has the contents of the site to be the only thing
that
loads when i click a choice.....

Don't worry about page loading. If you have the same thing from page to page
for navigation, that part doesn't take any downloading time. So just because
it is a different page, don't worry about it. Most of those sites you see
where all the navigation looks the same are in fact different pages
altogether.

Now, you *can* have navigation not reload. However, this involves frames
(you would have your navigation and common items in one frame and your
changing items in another), and for many reasons, you will get a lot of
people on the list who know their stuff pretty much advising you against
them.

If you want things to carry over from page to page, you have three basic
options with DW:

1. library items
2. Dreamweaver templates
3. Server Side Includes (SSI)

Look these up in your DW help files and you'll get a sense of where you want
to go. But I wouldn't recommend frames.

tim

Frames are allright with me.

The easiest way to start is to choose the frames tab and take the
configuration you like. Beware that a frameset consists of different
pages that all schould be saved in the same directory.

If you make a link you have to choose a target. Dreamwaever default name
of the contentframe is mainFrame.

take a look here to improve your skills.
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/frames/default.asp

take a look here for the drawbacks:
http://www.apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php

As you can see in the first link most drawbacks can be solved with
scripting. Only bookmarking is difficult; with a small site that is not
a problem.

I do not agree that frames have a major usability isue. In my experience
webbuilders don't like frames but users and graphical designers like it
very much to have their navigation allways on screen.

choice is up to you.

Joost Kolkman


meeker25 wrote:

I see what I am trying to do on a lot of websites. I don't think I am
explaining it very well... I am so new to this whole thing and I think I am
out of my league. I will try and explain it one more time..... Lets just say
I have a template I want to use for every page. One for news, media, biography
and so on... On these templates you want them to chang each time to match up
with you selection. If you click on news you want the news to come up.... On
a lot of websites when you click on news or another button it comes up in it's
own little box instead of having to reload the whole page..... ok picture
this.... Buttons that are nemed Bipgraphy, news, media, guestbook, and shows
are on the left of the website along with a logo on the top... I want these to
be on every page of the site..... to the right of these buttons and below the
logo is a blank space that makes a square and this is where i want the content
to appear when each choice is made. Thus the only thing that is loading when i
click on the buttons is the content to the right.......... I don't want to
have the whole page load each time.. I want the basic template to stay all the
time and the square that has the contents of the site to be the only thing that
loads when i click a choice..... Ok I am don't sounding stupid...... Maybe I
need to give it up.. lol

Meeker