A few weeks ago I was handed an antiquated frame-based site to update which has given me more than a few headaches.聽 I鈥檝e managed to acquire a copy of Dreamweaver CS 3 from the power that be, and have been trying to find a solution to the following problem:
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I am attempting to tie in a .pdf document into a simple frame template, with a static left-hand frame allowing the user to select and display the anchored point on a .pdf document on the right.聽 This I鈥檝e done with few peoblems, however when the user tries to click another link the dispayed .pdf doc after an initial selection the right-hand frame doesn鈥檛 move position to the newly selected anchor point. 聽
This I think is due to the fact that the link refers to the same document, despite the fact that it鈥檚 to a different location on the doc.聽 I have been trying to find a way to 鈥榬efresh鈥?the page when a link is selected so that the right-hand side diplay moves to the correct anchor point, but I鈥檇 had little luck.
My question to you all is as follows: is there I can tell CS3 to refresh the right-hand side frame every time a link is clicked?聽 Any help would be appreciated!
Yours, a very naiive newbie Dreamweaver user
newbie problem - how to refresh frames...Hi Allen,
Can you post a link to the site so we can see what the problem is?
Brad Lawryk
Community Expert: Dreamweaver
Usergroup Manager: Northern British Columbia Adobe Usersgroup
Posting a link may also help us see why you are using a PDF as a web page as well? Is there a reason you are using a pdf as a web page?
Brad Lawryk
Community Expert: Dreamweaver
Usergroup Manager: Northern British Columbia Adobe Usersgroup
The website I'm currently working on is an internal network, so unfortunately it's unavailable for general view.聽 The layout sticks pretty close to the normal two frame dreamweaver template, with a series of created links on the left frame opening an adobe document in the right frame.聽 Very basic but that's largely the intention.
The reason why I am linking to a .pdf document is simply because my work task demands I keep it in use, however since this means future revisions should be fairly easy (working off the same anchor/destination points in the .pdf document text this isnt a huge issue).
Not entirely ideal I know but at least it creates an interesting problem!
If anyone has a easy to create, newbie-friendly alternative to frames whereby I could create a site which links directly to specific areas in a .pdf document on demand I would be a very happy man!聽 Willing to potentially offer beer/first-born as payment.
Any further suggestions guys?
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