Open links in same area

[scottyrob]

Howdy folks

www.loddonexplorers.co.uk/New_Design/news_include.php

This is a page set-up using dreamweavers templates. The text in the middle of the page is a php include to the file news.html. i would like to be able to open the internal links in the same area (prefferably with a different url, I.E if you click on the program link on this page, it shows program.html in the same area, but it also changes the url to /program.html). Is this possible without creating lots of new pages?

[Robert Wellock]

Generally it's not advisable to do is it can confuse some people when you open external sites with something like an <iframe> or frame.

Unless of course you mean your own links.

[scottyrob]

yes i do mean my own links!

[kelly23]

You'd need to use an i-frame for that instead of a div as you're doing now (or at least inside your div.) Give the i-frame a name, then when you add a link make sure to add target="iframe-name">

[scottyrob]

Ok then. Say i have the page index.php and in the middle of this page is an i-frame which is displaying.. program.php with a link to programold.php... if i click on the link programold.php will the broswers address change to... www.yoursitehere.com/programold.php? If not that is what i want it to do... even if it means running some scripts etc etc...

Cheers, Fet

[kelly23]

No, because you're still on the same page. If you want to open a new page (with a different url), you'll need to create a new page for each.

[scottyrob]

Dam... Is there any way of doing this? Any other language that i could do this because i really do not want to have to create hundreds of new pages...

Fet

[Ubik]

Why not place the content into a database and code one php page to retreive that content to that iframe when the user clicks it?

[scottyrob]

Would this work with URL's though?

[kelly23]

No it wouldn't. Why would you want the location bar to display a url other than what it really is?