Thanks for all of the comments. It looks like I will probably put it in a pop up window for now. The client has 6 existing websites that had been all hosted by different companies. We've managed to get the 6, plus this new one I'm building, all hosted on the same cold fusion server. Problem is the budget. Eventually we will rebuild everything in CF but for now I have to do with the pieces that are there. 3 of the sites was able to call in the existing non CF stuff just fine in frames, but they forgot to talk to "the programmer" before they ok'ed the design for this new one. I have already started using pop windows for some of the secure stuff since it wouldn't show that it was "secure" while in a frame, so I don't think I will have problems talking them into this as well. I was just hoping that while I was stuck in the back room with my head in the computer, which is most of the time, that some genius had come up with a new way to do things. Guess not.
Thanks again for the quick responses. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fregas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 9:16 AM Subject: Re: alternative to using frames > Michael, > > One possibility would be to use IFRAME. This lets you drop a frame into any > page without building a frameset, but only works on IE 4+ or Netscape 6+. > > How is the guest book created and where does it post to? Couldn't you just > copy the HTML and still have it post to the server with the guest book? > Wouldn't it be easier to make a guestbook in coldfusion (a very simple > task.) There should be a lot of custom tags that do this. If not, I'll > make you one. > > -Craig > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Gribbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 9:23 AM > Subject: OT: alternative to using frames > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a client that wants to display a guest book on his website. The > > problem: the client's site is in ColdFusion and the guest book resides on > a > > different, non-ColdFusion server. The design of the site makes it very, > very > > hard to call the guest book into a frame. There is a multi-striped border > > framing all four sides of the site and the guest book needs to sit in the > > lower right corner of the page but inside of the border. I would have to > > have four frames, one on each side of the guestbook, top, bottom, left and > > right. I would also have to break the striped border in four uplaces and > > have my doubts that it will do so smoothly. > > > > I'm probably going to suggest putting it in a pop window, but wanted to > see > > if there were any other suggestions first. > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > > Michael Gribbin > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
