Re: navigation question

At 08:57 AM 5/4/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks, but the only web space I have access to is a free site that has no
>CGI, no ASP, no PERL, no SSI. I just can't afford to buy web hosting right
>now.
<snip>
> > > I am in the planning stages for a new site, and had a question for the
> > > learned minds on this list. I can see the navigation structure of this
> > site
> > > changing as it grows and develops. Is there a way to deal with this
>other
> > > than by using frames?

If I may be MOTO, your remaining option is simply to update HTML on your 
website as it grows. Not a terrible thing.

If you want to use frames, an example of a usable design is just about any 
page on about.com. Another is the maddening Hotmail frameset that pops up 
when you try to click on a link from an email message.  I suggest these 
because they both use a top frame that doesn't take up much space or 
detract too much from the bottom.  I personally don't think that a frame 
down the left side of a screen is very usable.

If you have broadband, there are several ways to set up your own server and 
give yourself bells and whistles to work with. Webmonkey recently posted an 
article about it. See http://hotwired.lycos.com - "Dynamic DNS" should 
still be on the front page.

What you do NOT want to do is try to plan your site in advance and put up 
"under construction" signs on empty pages.  That is SO 90s - and a sure way 
to drive off your audience.

Best of luck,
Collette

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