Amateur query

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I am trying to design a page (FP2003, winxp) with a few buttons on the left
and a "window" on the right, such that clicking the link on the left
displays the relevant text on the right. I've tried inline frames, tables,
online help, books, etc., and can't get the hyperlinks to display the
appropriate text on the right. I am trying to avoid opening a new page for
each topic. I must be missing something simple (?). Can someone tell me how
to do this, or point me to the right resource?

Thanks in advance

Gary
 
IFrame would be your best option, but you will have to create individual page for each topic. Short
of doing the that you would need a database driven application.

This could also be done with CSS Layers (hiding/unHiding) or bookmarks however, I do not like that
approach since all of the content is downloaded when the page is requested from the server, which
could result in a very large file, if you have many topics, etc.

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gary said:
I am trying to design a page (FP2003, winxp) with a few buttons on the left
and a "window" on the right, such that clicking the link on the left
displays the relevant text on the right. I've tried inline frames, tables,
online help, books, etc., and can't get the hyperlinks to display the
appropriate text on the right. I am trying to avoid opening a new page for
each topic. I must be missing something simple (?). Can someone tell me how
to do this, or point me to the right resource?
Click to expand...

Here's what I would do, assuming the site is a fairly small one. It's
simpler than what you've been trying, but works just great.

Create a page with the buttons on the left and a space on the right for the
content. Then save that page as a template and use it to create each of the
pages. Link each button to its page.

Because the pages are identical, clicking on a button will bring you to a
new page, but you won't see any "page jump". The button bar (and other
common areas of the page) will appear to hold steady, while the new content
appears.
 
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