Alternatives to navigation frames

[Isabel Danforth]

I found tables good to use for that also.  The only problem I had was
making the color of my table cell to be white.  Some versions of Netscape
3.x would not keep the full cell background white.  I ended up using a spec
of 'off white'  in what appears to be a white cell.

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Isabel


At 08:43 AM 3/8/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>One option for banners (or side bars) is tables ... see an example at
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>  http://www.library.yale.edu/scilib/library.html
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>Printing and URLs are not affected, and even lynx viewers can deal with
>them ... although the data does show up as a block before the page text.
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>  David
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>> I've been off the list for a few months, so if this topic has already been
>> beaten to death, my apologies.
>> 
>> I'm trying to redesign a site that would include a wisp of a banner
>> identifying the library atop the page and a marginal navigation menu on the
>> left. Nothing inspired, but functional model.
>> 
>> I can accomplish this easily enough using frames. Having the banner in its
>> own frame isn't a sine qua non, but I like the idea  of having one menu
>> frame file to edit as need arises. I also like the idea that this menu can
>> be plain text rather than an image-map. 
>> 
>> These conveniences notwithstanding, I'd prefer to find an alternative to
>> frames for a number of reasons:
>>      1) User confusion with printing
>>      2) My inability to set my content frame as the active frame by default
>>      3) Problems bookmarking individual pages
>>      4) Missing information when a content frame is printed or bookmarked
>>      5) Compatibility problems with older browsers
>>      6) Accessibility issues in general
>>      7) No one seems to like frames
>> 
>> I have already considered (and so far rejected) a few alternatives: Footer
>> menus, NetObjects Fusion and its Master Borders, image maps. 
>> 
>> I'd be much obliged for any and all suggestions.
>> 
>> Slainte.
>> 
>> Sean E. Crumley <scrumley at erols.com>
>> Library Information Systems
>> District of Columbia Public Library
>> 
>> Without Woodie's, Washington would be just another
>> small town surrounded by Bloomingdales.
>>        -Art Buchwald
>> 
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