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akien · 26-08-2004, 12:26

Hi, i have just created a fairly basic website for a friend at uni, but i'm having a problem with the buttons i have used for hyperlinks. If you follow the hyperlink below it will show how when you click on a hyperlink, it opens the new page, however i wish it to open in the main frame.

http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/~netball/home.htm

any suggestions for fixing this problem would be much appreciated, and indeed if you wish to make any suggestions about the website as i am merely an amature web designer

regards
Andy

barbeq · 26-08-2004, 12:40

I'm not with familliar with Frontpage java buttons (whatever they're called). However, after looking at your source code, maybe you can try to add this line in each of those button codes:

<param name="target" value="name of your mainframe">

Actually, try adding this line to one of those button, and test it before you proceed to the rest of those links.

Personally, I don't like those java buttons, even text links would look nicer in my opinion.

noggin · 26-08-2004, 13:01

Wow - <marquee> works in Firefox!

akien · 27-08-2004, 08:23

Thanks alot barbeq, that worked great

Thanks again

Andy

Jay-NL · 27-08-2004, 14:26

"Good passes, great arses". Haha. You had me straight on to the photo section.

Ruckus · 30-08-2004, 14:30

Ouch, Java applet nav buttons? I guess that's guaranteed to hover on any browser, long as they have applets turned on and the correct JVM. If you get tired of having to u pdate all of that you can try to use this JavaScript version:

This goes inside the <head> tag:

HTML Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
	function PageLink(name,href,target)
	{
		this.name = name;
		this.href = href;
		this.target = (target && target != "") ? target : "main";
	}

	var links = new Array();
	//set up each link, only have to pass the text and the href.  Target defaults
	//to main if you don't supply a third argument
	links[links.length] = new PageLink("Home","../welcome_page/Welcome.htm");
	links[links.length] = new PageLink("Training","../training/training.htm");
	links[links.length] = new PageLink("Results","../results/successes.htm");
	//example with different target
	links[links.length] = new PageLink("Fixtures","../fixtures/fixtures.htm","_top");
</script>
<style>
	.navLink{font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:12px;color:white;background-color:red;text-decoration:none;}
	.navLink:HOVER{text-decoration:none}
</style>

Then you only need a few lines to display it:

HTML Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
document.writeln('<table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" border="0" bgcolor="#395DA7">');
for(var i = 0;i < links.length;i++)
{
	document.writeln('<tr><td class="navLink"><a href="'+links[i].href+'" target="'+links[i].target+'" class="navLink">'+links[i].name+'</a></td></tr>');
}
document.writeln('</table>');
</script>

Just put the entire html chunk above in-line wherever you want the nav table. It's much easier to update the links and you only have to change the layout in one spot if you modify colors,fonts, etc.

26-08-2004, 12:26	#1 (permalink)
akien Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sunderland Posts: 3	Hyperlink problem with frames Hi, i have just created a fairly basic website for a friend at uni, but i'm having a problem with the buttons i have used for hyperlinks. If you follow the hyperlink below it will show how when you click on a hyperlink, it opens the new page, however i wish it to open in the main frame. http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/~netball/home.htm any suggestions for fixing this problem would be much appreciated, and indeed if you wish to make any suggestions about the website as i am merely an amature web designer regards Andy

27-08-2004, 14:26	#5 (permalink)
Jay-NL Not A Designer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: tHe NeTHerLaNDs Posts: 122	"Good passes, great arses". Haha. You had me straight on to the photo section. __________________ -= In theory, theory should work in practice. =-

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26-08-2004, 12:40	#2 (permalink)
barbeq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 10	I'm not with familliar with Frontpage java buttons (whatever they're called). However, after looking at your source code, maybe you can try to add this line in each of those button codes: <param name="target" value="name of your mainframe"> Actually, try adding this line to one of those button, and test it before you proceed to the rest of those links. Personally, I don't like those java buttons, even text links would look nicer in my opinion.

26-08-2004, 13:01	#3 (permalink)
noggin chevette Join Date: May 2004 Location: london Posts: 415	Wow - <marquee> works in Firefox!

27-08-2004, 08:23	#4 (permalink)
akien Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sunderland Posts: 3	Thanks alot barbeq, that worked great Thanks again Andy

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