Re: AnnieMation - Address

Janet,

One problem I can tell you right off, I'm a novice, but I've worked in frames 
quite a bit.  When I clicked on the AnnieMation link on the main page, I was 
faced with the same navigation bar again, so I ended up with two navigation 
bars right next to each other.

I'm curious as to why you created the navigation bar as several different 
frames... if you had created them as just graphics and linked them to ONE 
frame on the left hand side, you could have set the navigation to remain 
while only the parent frame (frame on the right) changed.  If you used a 
target="main" in your A HREF code, you could have the one navigation bar on 
the left remain without having to add a navigation bar to the page you were 
skipping to and thus get rid of the two navigation bars side by side which 
takes up unnecessary space.  If you happen to change the navigation bar at 
some point and want certain pages to go that page instead, then create a 
target="top" in your A HREF code and a different frame for that second 
navigation bar. The the whole page will change to the new navigation bar and 
the main page you want to go along with it at the same time.  This could get 
sticky for your top frame though if you don't do it right.  You'll need to 
set up the frameset to show the top frame and the left and right frame as you 
want them to be seen.  Of course, if you insist on keeping all these separate 
frames instead of making it one frame, you can't do the above items I just 
mentioned above.  

The placement in IE5 looks good at 800x600 resolution from what I can see.  
But I think you are going to have serious navigation problems with it.

I created a site not too long ago that had 3 different navigation bars and 
about 12 different main (parent) frame pages.  I used a different frame 
document for each navigation bar and only switched from one to the other when 
it was necessary.  If you need help with this, let me know and I'll be glad 
to show you what I did.

As I said before, I'm a novice, so you may not want to take MY word for all 
this I just mentioned, but I'm sure you'll see others saying the same. I'm 
just a newbie on this list and have never critiqued a site before in my life, 
but I do know a little about targeting frames.

Betsy Hale
HaleCreations(at)aol.com

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