Re: Similar sites

Dale,
I know our company used to tell clients that frames should be avoided 
if people would be printing out the pages. Some browsers aren't very 
good when printing frames-based pages and the only page which will 
print is the 'active' one. Other than that, I think they're 
relatively safe, if done correctly.
Audrey

At 1:27 PM -0600 2/15/01, Dale Worley wrote:
>Thank you everyone for your input on this!  I have received some valuable info
>that I can use for this site as well as any other that might have this issue.
>
>By the way, Charles, I used frames because my client says she is not 
>interested
>in using seach engines to promote her site.  She says she has some sort of
>legal directories that she will register these with.  Is there any other
>reason, other than some search engines not listing your site (and maybe older
>browsers not supporting them), to avoid using frames in site design?
>
>Thanks again,
>dale
>
>Quoting "Charles A. Upsdell" <chuck(at)upsdell.com>:
>
>>  Dale:
>>
>>  I don't think there should be a problem so long as you give your
>>  client's
>>  links page a different look than the competitor's.
>>
>>  I do suggest that you not use frames.
>>
>>  - Regards, Chuck Upsdell
>>
>>  At 11:59 AM 02/15/01, you wrote:
>>  >Hi, everyone,
>>  >
>>  >I have been working on a site for a client who does legal consulting.
>>  She
>>  >has
>>  >asked me to design a page that is very similar to one of her
>>  >competitors.  She
>>  >wanted me to lay it out almost exactly as her competitor's, but I took
>>  the
>>  >information she gave me and tried to design a unique site for her.
>>  They are
>>  >both in the same business, providing the same service, so of course
>>  the
>>  >information will be similar.  But she recently asked me to include a
>>  page of
>>  >links on her site.  She simply sent me a fax of the competitor's links
>>
>>  >page and
>>  >asked me to put that on her site.  I feel weird about doing this - I
>>  don't
>>  >see
>>  >why she can't have offsite links, but I feel as if I would be stealing
>>  if I
>>  >just simply took all those links and then stuck them into my design
>>  template.
>>  >
>>  >The two sites in question are:
>>  >
>  > >My client's site:  http://www.imagineservices.net/~ejs/
>  > >Her competitor:    http://www.southerncare.com/
>>  >
>>  >I would appreciate anyone's input on this.  I am new in business and I
>>  am
>>  >striving to provide a good service, but I also want my business to be
>>  run
>>  >in an
>>  >ethical and professional manner.
>>
>>  -
>>  Chuck Upsdell, Website Developer
>>  Email:        chuck(at)upsdell.com
>>  Website:      http://www.upsdell.com/
>>  Browser News: http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/
>>

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