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Making Templates with frames |
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| message from cliftrt on 20 Jul 2004 |
All, I have a frames, html coded web page that I want to save as a template.
When I try to create the template, DW only allows me to save the "current or
active" frame as a template. I want to be able to save all three frames as a
template. Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
!! Please respond to cliftrt@nswc.navy.mil as I am at work.
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| Murray *TMM* replied to cliftrt on 20 Jul 2004 |
You cannot save a frameset page as a template. There's no real reason to do
this, actually since it contains only information about how to arrange your
frames in the browser viewport. But you can save each frame's source page
as a template. Thus, a three frame frameset would have three separate
templates. This is a very poor strategy, however.
First of all, the reason for using or not using frames should be based on a)
your site's needs, and b) your willingness to accept the potential problems
that frames can create for you as developer and maintainer of the site and
for your visitors as casual users of the site.
I am down on frames because I believe that they create many more problems
than they solve.
Judging from the posts here, and the kinds of problems that are described,
the kind of person most likely to elect to use frames is also the kind of
person most likely ill-prepared fo solve the ensuing problems when they
arise. If you feel a) that you understand the problems and b) that you are
prepared to handle them when they occur, and c) that you have a need to use
frames, then by all means use them.
As far as I know, the most comprehensive discussions of frames and their
potential problems can be found on these two links -
http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php
http://www.tjkdesign.com/resources/frames/
Second, framesets usually contain only a single unique frame, with the rest
being relatively constant. At the most you would need only one or two
Templates....
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