Transparent Background using Frames ?

[Reminis]

Hi...

I have read several other threads on here relating to a transparent background when using iframes.
I have tried using the coding suggested but am yet to be succesfull on ordinary framesets.
I am currently trying to have two frames within the parent frame.
The two frames need to be transparent showing the colour or image of the parent window holding these frames.

Please could someone look at the source code and see what I am doing wrong as I have tried setting of the document type as suggested in other threads, and have tried inserting the transparent styles etc and instituting the allow transparency value and still no luck.

http://www.jmbservices.eu/indextest.html

(ps.. the red background on the parent window is just for testing purposes)

Pleeeeeeeaase

Thanks in advance :o)

[jscheuer1]

That's for iframes. You have frames. Just give each page the desired background, or use iframes instead.

[Reminis]

Hi... thanks for your reply...

Originally I had given each frame the desired background, but it is a tiling image of carbon fibre and the frames did not match up the pattern correctly thus the need to make the frames transparent.

Is there any particuler code I should use specific to frames instead of iframes please?

Many Thanks

[djr33]

An iframe is an element inside another page, which just happens to be another page itself.
Think of it like a picture frame hanging on the wall: it is inside the house, in the room and has properties both internal and external.
Iframes: [...[frame]...]
A frame based page, though, is entirely different: there is no "room", so there is no "wall". Instead each frame is a separate page taking up a rectangle of the screen forming, together with all of the other frames, a "window", but there is no overall page that can have a general background.
Frames: [frame][frame][frame]...


In other words, this is not really possible, unless you find a way to approach it differently.

You could try to add a background to the frameset, if that is what you're looking for, and a quick google search seems to indicate this is possible. I haven't used framesets much, though, so I'm not sure what to suggest.
If you actually need overlapping content (not just backgrounds), then there is likely no way at all to do it (aside from not using frames).

[Reminis]

wow, what a great explanation, something even a dumbo like me could understand lol.. thanks :)

And yes, it is just the background that needs to be visable through the frames.
I will go and GooGle what you suggested and see if that turns up anything :D

Thanks very much for your help