Setting Targets and Links in Frames in Java

Creator QR Code in Java Setting Targets and Links in Frames

One of the best features of frames is that you can change the contents of each frame separately within the Web browser This feature opens a wide range of design possibilities that improves navigation for your site One very common way to use a frameset is to create a frame that displays a list of links to various pages of your site and then opens those links into another frame on the same page This technique makes keeping a list of links constantly visible possible and makes navigation a lot simpler and more intuitive Setting links from a file in one frame so that the pages they link to open in another frame is like linking from one page to another, and that s essentially what you re doing What makes linking within a frameset distinctive is that, in addition to indicating which page you want to open with the link, you have to specify which frame section it targets (opens into) But before you can set those links, you need to do a few things: First, you need to create some other pages that you can link to (if you haven t done so already) Creating new pages is easy Choose File New HTML Page to create additional pages and then save them individually If your pages already exist, you re more than halfway there; it s just a matter of linking to those pages The other thing you have to do before you can set links is to name each frame so that you can specify where the linked file loads If you don t, the page just replaces the frameset altogether when someone clicks the link, and this defeats the purpose of using frames in the first place

Naming a frame is different from naming the file that the frame represents You find out how to name the files in the previous section Saving files in a frameset; you do that just as you name any other file you save The frame name is like a nickname that allows you to distinguish your frames from one another on a page and refer to them individually this becomes important when you set links and want to target a link to open in a particular area of the frameset The filename is the actual name of the HTML file for the frame The frame name is the nickname that you refer to when you want to set links

You can see the names of your frames in the Frames panel, shown in Figure 7-5 If you re happy with the names that Dreamweaver automatically assigned to your frames, you can skip the following steps If you want to change the names of the frames in your frameset or assign your own name as you create a new frame, follow these steps: 1 Open an existing frameset or create a new one See the Creating a frame in Dreamweaver section, earlier in this chapter, if you don t know how to create a frameset 2 Choose Window Frames to open the Frames panel at the right of the work area The Frames panel opens, as shown in Figure 7-5 The Frames panel is a miniature representation of the frames on your page that enables you to select different frames by clicking within the panel 3 Click to place your cursor in the area of the Frames panel that corresponds to the frame that you want to name As displayed in Figure 7-5, you can see that I selected the top frame You can click to select any of the frames in the panel

Figure 7-5: The Frames panel is a miniature representation of the framed page that provides access to frame properties, such as frame names