rowanseymour Member Posts: 284 From: Belfast, Northern Ireland Registered: 02-10-2001 |
I recently redesigned my webpage, and used frames. I had always avoided frames because I knew search engines had problems with them, and it was impossible to link to a specific page embedded in a frameset. I thought search engines were now smarter. I know how to add meta tags to the "menu" frames to make sure search engines ignore them and never link to them directly, but I need a way to get a link to a specific content frame, to open in its full frameset. I am currently trying to write the javascript for this and getting nowhere. HELP! ------------------ |
Briant Member Posts: 742 From: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada Registered: 01-20-2001 |
Hi Rowan, I had the same problem (if I understand your problem correctly), and couldn't find a nice solution (although I am a frames newbie and didn't fight with it very long). What I ended up doing is duplicating the frameset code in the specific content "frame", and opening it with _top to get rid of the current frames and replace them with the basically the same frameset. It's a hack, and it means duplicating your framset in two different files, but it kind of works. Does that make sense? BTW, what meta tags do you use to get search engines to ignore a frame? Brian ------------------ |
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rowanseymour Member Posts: 284 From: Belfast, Northern Ireland Registered: 02-10-2001 |
You certainly do understand the problem as that is a solution I have considered, though duplication really defeats the purpose of frames. I am now considering getting some proper hosting, so that I can use SSI (server side includes), or php if I am feeling really brave The following tag sends botslike gogglebot packing: <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW"> more info at... ------------------ |
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