Iframe linking problems?

[Keanu]

Hey,
Im making a website for a friends band, and im using Macromedia... "Adobe?" Dreamweaver 8. And basicly, iv got a flash navigation bar, So...

I get this lil script here under "File":

basetab2x_vl.swf?tarframe=_self&exbackground=292929&makenavfield0=Home&makenavurl0=index.html&makenavfield1=About Us&makenavurl1=about.html&makenavfield2=Bands&makenavurl2=bands.html&makenavfield3=Directions&makenavurl3=dir.html&makenavfield4=Tickets&makenavurl4=tick.html& m akenavfield5=Sponsers&makenavurl5=sponsers.html&makenavfield6=Contact Us&makenavurl6=contact.html

Okay, so what iv got is a iFrame in the middle of the site, and what I want to happen is,
insted of the page refreshing every single time, I want the page to load up in the iFrame.
So whenever someone clicks a link, the content goes directly into the iFrame insted of refreshing the page.

Iv tried a few things that I thought would work, such as...

tarframe=_<iframe#testframe>

tarframe=_iframe

As you can see, im not really a Html master, infact.. I know very little about HTML.. So id greatly apreciate help on this!

Thank you very much for taking time to read this!

-Keanu
p.s. Is it possible that you can tell me a way to do it via normal links too? (Text links) - Thanks!
p.s.s I was told that I posted in the wrong category. Sorry. Here it is in the correct one? I think?

[BLiZZaRD]

http://www.hypergurl.com/frames.html

All you need to know about **shudder** Frames.

You could of course NOT use frames, which would please everyone

[Keanu]

Do you know anything else that would do the job?
And, Thanks. But this is no use to me? Im using iFrames?

-Keanu

[BLiZZaRD]

Same difference really.

An Iframe is coding that allows you to have a floating frame somewhere in the middle of your page. In frames, you have one HTML document that has the coding only to open several other documents. But with iframes, you have an html document with content that also has a frame in it.

i/Frames have MANY cons to their use, iframes inparticular (and for YOU specifically):

With Iframes, you can’t open links in your primary window in your Iframe. If you put a link in the Iframe it will only open in the Iframe. The best use is to display links is to have those links open up in a new window. This is done setting the target within the link as target=”_new” as in <a href="link.html" target="_new">THIS IS THE LINK</a>.

Alternatives? Headers. Put your nav bar in a header and then have the links go to a new HTML pages with each HTML page having the same header. - Among many others.

[Keanu]

So their isn't anyway to link a flash to a iFrame? Damn... I can't put my website in headers either.. Its all in a giant... "Thing" xD Frame.. But the reason I used an iFrame, is because I thought I could link to them? Because I have a Mp3 player on the site, and it will keep stopping the song, but I can't put any of it in headers, or the WHOLE layout will go agian...

Are you sure their is no possible way?...

Thanks for your help BLiZZaRD.
-Keanu

[BLiZZaRD]

Sure, there are lots of ways, just not with your current layout.

pop ups, headers, frames, blah blah blah... all of which annoy people.

You could make 2 pages, one with mp3, one without, and let the visitor choose, instead of forcing it on them...

use the getURL and add the frames tags to the condition.

[Keanu]

Hmm? But no way just to send links directly to the iFrame? If you find a way, can you please help me through it?....

Or if you find a way like it.. Can you help me through it too?...

Thanks in advance,
And thanks for all your help BLiZZaRD!

-Keanu

[Keanu]

Bump? Sorry for the double post.. But I really need a reply?

-Keanu

[eday_2010]

Is this what you want it to do?

www.wnstudios.ca/test/index.html

The menu is Flash and all the content opens in the iFrame in the middle of the page.

[Keanu]

Yes!!! EXACTLY THAT! Does the flash menu's items open into the I-Frame too?!

Hopefully so!!!!

Reply soon!!
-Keanu