Hey guys, alright here's my problem, I have a simple frame setup with a menu on the left hand side and the content on the right hand side. Now whats happening is when you un-maximize/resize the window it clips the menu, I want it to clip from the content. How do I do this? My code currently looks like this:



Thanks

I have not worked with frames in ages (I don't really like them) but try to give a margin to the menu frame



Hope it helps

No luck Thanks anyway

fudzy - 1st rule of html since 1992: NO FRAMES!

You really don't need to use them, and they make navigation using the back keys and refreshing a nightmare for novice users. They are totally fugly and unnecessary.

Rather use a table layout system (2 cols, 1 row) with specified widths, and mock up your first page. The page skeleton should look like this:



That should give you a page 750 pixels wide, so its 800x600 friendly.
What u think?

I see you're using ASP. You can make header and footer files from that structure above, and include them in each page you make.

Okay, if frames are a no no, then how do I get the contents of the right hand table to change when a menu item is selected on the left? Redo each page with this table idea?

Kinda...

This frameless setup is usually used when scripting environments are in place that let you include html files within each other. I'm talking perl, php, jsp, etc. But it doesn't look like you have that option. So the short answer is: "Yes".

What would typically happen in something like php is...



This post has been edited by Chatsubo: Nov 19 2004, 08:01 AM