Re: Re: seperate doc nav-bar?

In a message dated 8/1/1999 6:35:33 PM, phobos23(at)hotmail.com wrote:

<<Yes, actually you can do the same thing with external Javascripts. You
see Javascript like CSS is inserted into a document between the
&lt;HEAD&gt; tags. If the Javascript (like the CSS) is common to all
other pages on a site, you do want to consider using an external
Javascript.>>

How would I set up the link to something like that?

<<What you are describing is exactly what you can do with frames. Say
you had a page with a left and right frame. You could create a file
with links (for navigation purposes) and put it in the left frame and
the content would be displayed on the right frame.>>

With frames, though, the nav bar stays in the same place and never goes away. 
 Maybe I only want the nav bar on some of the pages, or maybe on the top of 
some pages and the bottom of others.  I was thinking that by just linking to 
an external file containing the code, I could keep them all the same but 
place them differently..

<<However, if you are considering using frames please note that most
people have a love/hate relationship with them. Personnaly, I don't
think they are all that bad! ;-)>>

I too, don't dislike frames.  I think the reason frames have a bad rap is 
because too many people have made crappy frames pages.  Unfortunatly, many 
people don't take into consideration the fact that frames stay there, and 
take away space from the rest of the page, and so they end up with sites with 
the body page cut in half.  I was able to convert a couple anti-frames-ers by 
showing them a couple well built frames pages.  I think frames can be very 
useful when used responsibly. :)

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