You can also do it with page jumps and a container with a fixed height/no
scroll (depending on the length of all the content intended for the right
pane).

This was an ingenious invention of mine (and surely others) to emulate a
flash based site.

here's a working version:
http://www.kacevisual.com/files/AndrewPaquet/site2/

Kevin


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Brandtley McMinn <[email protected]>wrote:

>  This may be more-or-less what you're going for. Happy coding.
>
>
> ================================================================================
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";<http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd>
> >
> <html>
>     <head>
>         <title>Title of the document</title>
>
>         <style type="text/css">
>             * { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
>             body { font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetice, verdana,
> sans-serif; }
>
>             #container { display: block; position: relative; width: 960px;
> height: 100%; margin: 0 auto; }
>
>                 #navigation { position: relative; float: left; width:
> 200px; }
>
>                     #logo { display: block; background: #aaa; width: 200px;
> height: 100px; }
>
>                 iframe { position: relative; float: right; width: 750px;
> height: auto; border: none; border-left: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: 1px
> solid #aaa; }
>         </style>
>     </head>
>
>     <body>
>         <div id="container">
>
>             <div id="navigation">
>                 <div id="logo">
>
>                 </div>
>                 <ul>
>                     <li><a href="#" title="#" target="main-frame">Link
> here</a></li>
>                     <li><a href="#" title="#" target="main-frame">Link
> here</a></li>
>                     <li><a href="#" title="#" target="main-frame">Link
> here</a></li>
>                     <li><a href="#" title="#" target="main-frame">Link
> here</a></li>
>                 </ul>
>
>             </div><!-- /#navigation -->
>
>
>
>             <iframe name="main-frame" src="home-page-is-called-here.html">
>                 Your browser does not support HTML frames. Please upgrade
> your browser or try one of these newer browsers that support frames.<br />
>
>                 <a 
> href="http://www.mozilla.com/";<http://www.mozilla.com/>target="_blank">Mozilla
>  Firefox</a> | <a href=
> "http://www.google.com/chrome/"; 
> <http://www.google.com/chrome/>target="_blank">Google Chrome</a>
>             </iframe>
>
>         </div><!-- /#container -->
>
>
>     </body>
> </html>
>
>
> On 9/29/2010 7:54 PM, bruce wrote:
>
> Yes, it helps. This is a noncommercial application, so I think I'll
> stick with HTML Frames. It's also a short lived application with a
> life of maybe 3 or 4 months...
>
> Thanks for the comeback..
>
> Bruce
>
> On Sep 29, 8:48 pm, Brandtley McMinn <[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>    Hey Bruce,
>
> This kind of thing doesn't really exist. What you're looking for is some
> kind of php template framework or CMS (ie: Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla,
> etc) that pieces together your navigation and page content. A CMS can
> also simplify this because they're designed to dynamically manage and
> generate web pages with content that's managed in a database. It
> simplifies the paradigm of delivering a site to the user's browser and
> has rendered "frames" virtually useless.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -- Brandtley McMinn - Creative Director
> Gigglebox [email protected]
> 512.406.1666
>
> On 9/29/2010 7:44 PM, bruce wrote:
>
>  Where can I find an css example that is of a "HTML Frame"?  What I
> want is fairly simple, namely a Vertical menu on the left and Main
> area on the right. When I click on the navigation item, I want a new
> page to appear in the main area..
>
>  If I can do this, can some one point me to an example?
>
>  Thanks...
>
>  Bruce
>
>
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