buttons in frame Options

[Tony Vella]

I am experimenting with frames. I want a three-frame set with 3 horizontal frames.
The top frame (mainlogo) will be an unchangeable LOGO frame: name of site, email contact, etc.
The middle frame (buttons) would contain a series of buttons of different names and sizes.
The bottom frame (narrative) would show the file corresponding with the particular button clicked.
For example:
A button in the middle frame would be called "White Nights".
When I click this "White Nights" button I would like the file white_nights.html to open in the bottom frame.
I have played around a hundred different ways and I can't get it to work.
Any help appreciated in advance.

I have IE, Chrome and Firefox to play with.

This post has been edited by Tony Vella: Apr 7 2014, 08:56 AM

[Frederiek]

See the FAQ entry How do I make a link or form in one frame update another frame?
But also look at the entry Are there any problems with using frames?

[Tony Vella]

Thanks very much for the link to the FAQs. Not a single mention of buttons. I can easily create a link in one frame to update another frame; what a cannot do is use a button to do it.

[Christian J]

If you mean form buttons, see http://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/links.html#button-link --then add a TARGET attribute to the form just like with links:

CODE

<form action="white_nights.html" target="narrative">

That still doesn't make frames usable, though.

[Frederiek]

What kind of button would that be? Anyway, even normal links can be made to appear as a button, using CSS.

[Tony Vella]

Thank you very much one and all.