frames and sending text to target

[Eric]

I've got a html page that uses frames. The left frame is a vertical column
and represents an index. The index is made up of thumbnails, if i click on
a thumb i get a larger pic in the right hand frame - so far so good, and
that works. How do i set it up so that I can also send a caption to the
target frame - ie the target frame shows both the blown up pic and a short
text caption?

example of site_index page
<a href="pic.large.jpg" target="win2"> <img src="pic.small.jpg">Pic Text</a>

clicking on pic.small or the "Pic Text" makes a page in win2 frame appear
with the pic.large.jpg in it but i want to have a caption appear there too

Thanks
Eric

 

[David Dorward]

I've got a html page that uses frames.
Shame.
http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Problems_with_using_frames

How do i set it up so that I can also send a caption to the
target frame - ie the target frame shows both the blown up pic and a short
text caption?

By linking to an HTML document with an image and a caption in it instead of
directly to an image.

example of site_index page
<a href="pic.large.jpg" target="win2"> <img src="pic.small.jpg">Pic
Text</a>

This markup is invalid. http://validator.w3.org/

 

[Eric]

Shame.
http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Problems_with_using_frames

I dont see an easy way to duplicate the effect of frames. I'm sure it can be
done but it looks like it takes considerable effort and reading to get
there.

By linking to an HTML document with an image and a caption in it instead
of directly to an image.

Trouble is, I've got hundreds of pics and if i understand you correctly that
means making hundreds of small html pages?

 

[Mark Parnell]

I dont see an easy way to duplicate the effect of frames.

Depends exactly which effect you are trying to duplicate. Many of the
effects of frames you wouldn't *want* to duplicate.

I'm sure it can be
done but it looks like it takes considerable effort and reading to get
there.

Not really. And brucie's already done it for you:

http://butterflies.usenetshit.info/
http://balls.usenetshit.info/

You may also like http://slide.usenetshit.info/

Trouble is, I've got hundreds of pics and if i understand you correctly that
means making hundreds of small html pages?

Yep. How you go about that is up to you.

 

[Eric]

Depends exactly which effect you are trying to duplicate. Many of the
effects of frames you wouldn't *want* to duplicate.


Not really. And brucie's already done it for you:

http://butterflies.usenetshit.info/
http://balls.usenetshit.info/

Thank you. I'll review those and see if i can apply that technique instead
of frames.
Eric

 

[dorayme]

I've got a html page that uses frames. The left frame is a vertical column
and represents an index. The index is made up of thumbnails, if i click on
a thumb i get a larger pic in the right hand frame - so far so good, and
that works. How do i set it up so that I can also send a caption to the
target frame - ie the target frame shows both the blown up pic and a short
text caption?

example of site_index page
<a href="pic.large.jpg" target="win2"> <img src="pic.small.jpg">Pic Text</a>

clicking on pic.small or the "Pic Text" makes a page in win2 frame appear
with the pic.large.jpg in it but i want to have a caption appear there too

You can do various things. If you want to stick with frames,
(and it is quite simple and effective given your requirements)
you could make html pages to set out the pics and captions. If
this is a big bore due to having to specify each pic and size
etc.... you may as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb chop:
make a third frame, the thumbnails on left as you have them. A
little set of 2 on the right, one just displays the pic directly
as before, no html and the other, under it say, displays the
caption. The simplest of html templates will get you through
this caption one and well, you will have to do work whichever
way you go... If the pics are roughly all the same size, you can
play around till the caption looks natural, no borders on
frames. Leave room for people with different font-size
requirements.

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