how do link into a iframe for a page not in the frame page

zanybrainy · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 1

I'am making a web page and on my home page i have a link that goes into a iframe in a different page i need help

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:06 am

Is this link the source of the iframe or just a regular link (a href)?

ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

I'm having this same problem.

Here's what I want to do: Have an external link on a non-framed page link to either an iframe or a frame inside a seperate frameset.

These will not be relative links, they'll be fully qualified http://www.etcetc URLs.

The upshot will be external links loaded with my own small nav bar at the top, but it doesn't have to be a frameset.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:10 pm

If you are lnking to a framed set - is this framed set on your website?

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ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

Yes the frameset is on my own site.

Let me see if I can be a little more clear:

mysite.com/index.html
--> link to http://badjuju.org/ opens in frame B of external_link.html (which is a frameset)

OR

link from index.html to http://www.somesite.com/ opens in an IFRAME on external_link.html which is just a page (not a frameset) with an iframe on it.

In other words, how do i write a link that hits a "target" on a totally different html page?

Corey Bryant · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:10 pm

The target is a frame name on your webpage. What is the frame name that you want to target?

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ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

I haven't made it yet, but I don't think you understand what I'm trying to do. I know to make a link load in an IFRAME, i have to put target="iframename" in the link.

What I DON'T know is how to do this:

page1.html - static page
page2.html - page with iframe

A link on page1.html when clicked will open page2.html with the link loaded in page2's iframe.

drake14 · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 132 Location: around...

you would have to set a target

Corey Bryant · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:18 am

Well we both answered the question but in case you don't know where to put it

ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

But can that targeted framename be on a different page?

I don't know how else to explain it. I have two pages, one with an IFRAME. I want a link on the first page to open in the IFRAME on the second.

It seems like just using target="framename" could only target a frame *on that same page*, not one on a different page.

drake14 · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 132 Location: around...

Do you have a code to show us, or maybe an example website to help us understand better?

ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

See my later post for clearer code.

ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

Also, I realize that to do this is poor nettiquete, but that's what the client wants despite my urging against it.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:50 pm

Target the content frame - right now, you are targeting something else. If the site does not have a JavaScript to break out of frames to prevent this - then it should work.

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ariel · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

So, I can write a link on page1: