Adding Guestbook to a frame

Hi all,

This will no doubt be a simple one to all you experts.

I am using NetObjects (still debating the choice) and want to put the guestbook in one of the frames.

Please enlighten me on how I do this

Just put the guestbook as the frames source.

Sorry confused everyone. The site is actually using tables with css.
www.wayneswinewithfood.com.au

If you do look at the site you will find the link to the guestbook at the bottom of the page. Currently it looks just like the standard guestbook but I want to have it match the formating of the rest of the site.

Then you might want to follow along in this thread.
http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3460

Sounds like you either need to use frames (yuck) or a quick lesson in the use of includes. On a different track I suggest not using jpg's for your roll over menu images due to the jpg artifacts you get.

Anyway since includes have come up a lot I'm going to right a simple 6 webpage demo of how they work. I'll put something on here once it's done.

Carbonize wrote:Sounds like you either need to use frames (yuck)

What's wrong with frames? I use them at our site www.faithtabernacleupc.net and no complaints yet

. And it gives the site a more uniform "appearance". (guestbook link at the top...)

mastersmurfie

Most web designers don't like frames. For one thing search engines have a nasty habit of linking to the framed pages and not the main page and so do other people. There is also the issue of not all browsers supporting frames.

Just to add that your cross browser marquee script in the top frame doesn't want to work in my Firefox.

Try this. I had a look at what you were using and noticed it differed from the one on dynamic drive.

/*
Cross browser marquee script-
© Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
For full source code, installation instructions,
100's more DHTML scripts, and Terms Of
Use, visit dynamicdrive.com
*/

//Specify the marquee's width (in pixels)
var marqueewidth="600px"
//Specify the marquee's height (in pixels, pertains only to NS)
var marqueeheight="20px"
//Specify the marquee's scroll speed (larger is faster)
var marqueespeed=1
//configure background color:
var marqueebgcolor="#0000cc"
//Pause marquee onMousever (0=no. 1=yes)?
var pauseit=1
//Specify the marquee contents
var marqueecontent='<nobr><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><strong><i>Please keep Bro David Whitmore in your prayers.</font><font color="#0000cc">  _______</font><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><i>Our services are:</i>   Sunday morning at 10:00am: <A href="http://www.faithtabernacleupc.net/HTML/kidsmain.htm" target="mainFrame">Kids Super Church</A> (downstairs); Adult Worship Service (in Sanctuary); Sunday evening at 6:00pm; and  Wednesday night Prayer Meeting/Bible Study 7:00pm</strong></font></nobr>'

////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////
marqueespeed=(document.all)? marqueespeed : Math.max(1, marqueespeed-1) //slow speed down by 1 for NS
var copyspeed=marqueespeed
var pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0
var iedom=document.all||document.getElementById
if (iedom)
document.write('<span id="temp" style="visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:-100px;left:-9000px">'+marqueecontent+'</span>')
var actualwidth=''
var cross_marquee, ns_marquee

function populate(){
if (iedom){
cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarquee
cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"
cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontent
actualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth
}
else if (document.layers){
ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2
ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8
ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)
ns_marquee.document.close()
actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width
}
lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)
}
window.onload=populate

function scrollmarquee(){
if (iedom){
if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))
cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"
else
cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"

}
else if (document.layers){
if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))
ns_marquee.left-=copyspeed
else
ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8
}
}

if (iedom||document.layers){
with (document){
document.write('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><td>')
if (iedom){
write('<div style="position:relative;width:'+marqueewidth+';height:'+marqueeheight+';overflow:hidden">')
write('<div style="position:absolute;width:'+marqueewidth+';height:'+marqueeheight+';background-color:'+marqueebgcolor+'" onMouseover="copyspeed=pausespeed" onMouseout="copyspeed=marqueespeed">')
write('<div id="iemarquee" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px"></div>')
write('</div></div>')
}
else if (document.layers){
write('<ilayer width='+marqueewidth+' height='+marqueeheight+' name="ns_marquee" bgColor='+marqueebgcolor+'>')
write('<layer name="ns_marquee2" left=0 top=0 onMouseover="copyspeed=pausespeed" onMouseout="copyspeed=marqueespeed"></layer>')
write('</ilayer>')
}
document.write('</td></table>')
}
}
</script>

@carbonize...

Thanks for the tip about the marquee...(I changed it)

As for the frames on the site, I realize all those things, but this one is just a local small town site-not concerned with search engines being able to find it (yet), and I'm still very much a novice when it comes to webpage design. Maybe someday down the road, I'll change it.

Anyways, thanks again for the updated code.

mastersmurfie

I just wanted to take a minute and thank all those that man this forum!! I'm totally winging my way through this and have spent hours reading all the fab tips and tricks here - making me look like a pro!

I just spent some time searching for a thread that I can't find now but wanted to share how I integrated the guestbook into a site. It was quick and easy and seems to work nicely. Someone else here recommended this but I can't find the thread to thank them.

In guestbook, I changed addentry.php and index.php to addentry2.php and index2.php.

Then I uploaded my templates to the same directory and named them index.php and addentry.php AND I called the original files where I wanted the GB to appear.

The path I used for my includes (my site uses alot of includes) was
home/username/public_html/includes/file.php

I had to change all my on site links to the full path;
http://www.site.com/includes/file.php
as nothing else seemed to work right.

I also changed some of the GB wording in lang/english.php
For example, the sentence, "sign the guestbook and you'll be returned...."

And the GUESTBOOK image I took out via the templates/body.php
file. I just removed the <img src="$GB_PG[base_url]/img/gbook.gif...etc>
Of course saving the file first in case of a problem.

If anything I'm doing is blatantly WRONG..please please shout out but so far everything is testing fine and working - though it's brand spanking new and no records in the GB yet.

I just figured I'd share what I did in case some helpless newbie like myself could use it.

Here's the site I did this on;
www.janglingsparrows.com
Lauren

Anonymous wrote:Then I uploaded my templates to the same directory and named them index.php and addentry.php AND I called the original files where I wanted the GB to appear.

The path I used for my includes (my site uses alot of includes) was
home/username/public_html/includes/file.php

Just wanted to clarify.....when calling the addentry2.php I used the following;

<?php include("addentry2.php"); ?>

The includes I was talking about above with the path were for my site template.

Hope I didn't confuse.
Lauren