Php includes and framesets with asp

mxm

Hello, I am probably not approaching this correctly but let me try to explain what I am trying to do:

barchart.com has cobranded content, they serve asp pages with a width of 650. They recommend using frames due to the asp pages being interactive.

I am using a php cms (dixit.net) which gives me total control over the template of each page. I was just going to make a special template using the php include function and assign it to the new page.

But here is where it gets difficult. The asp pages are interactive so if I dont use frames, clicking a link in the asp page takes over the browser window, which I dont want. So, I tried to create a simple frameset and call in from the template using:

<?php include ("content_frame.html"); ?>

By doing the above, I didn't get anything to show up. So, is this even possible? and/or is there a more elegant way of doing this in php?

Any help would be appreciated.

bastien

framesets are a pain...but i guess required in your case....i would just create a simple frameset html page and source the php pages and asp pages in there

and then realize that you will have to work with in the limitations of the frames and accoutn for broswers who can't see frames (even if its just a message that says "upgrade browser now!")

mxm

bastien, your suggestion was my original attempt that didnt work, but perhaps I have syntax problems.

In the cms template (in the content area) I have put <?php include ("content_frame.html"); ?> where content_frame.html is the simple frameset.

I dont know much about iframes, would iframes solve this as it would remove the php include?

bastien

show code

mxm

Here is content_frame.html

<html>

<head>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,*">
	<frame name="control" noresize src="control_bar.html">
	<frame name="Content Frame" noresize src="http://www2.barchart.com/market.asp?code=bria">
	<noframes>

		<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
			<p>This uses frames.</p>
		</body>

	</noframes>
</frameset>

</html>

Here is simplified template.php

	<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
		<table border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
			<tr>
				<td>
				<!-- cms menu start here -->
           			 <table width="150" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
						<?php showMenuTree($page[id], "<tr><td><a href= ||link|| ><span class=\"menu\">||prefix||  ||title||</span></a></td></tr> ","&gt;", "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-", "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-");?>
				</table>
				<!-- cms menu end here -->
				</td>
				<td>
					<?php include ("frameset.html"); ?>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table>
		<p></p>
	</body>

mxm

ok, like always the answer wasnt too difficult to find.

using iframes all I had to do with this:

<iframe width=650 height=100% noresize src="http://www2.barchart.com/market.asp?code=bria" frameborder=2 scrolling=auto> </iframe>

I'm audi5000.

bastien

you also can't include a frameset inside another page...it holds other pages and you can not nest them by placing them inside of a table