Hi guys. I would really appreciate any help I get get with a problem I have. I designed a website using mostly html pages. Now that it's complete the client informed me he wants it so the top portion of the page, where a green bar, navigation links and name logo are, to remain static. So when you click a likn to go to a new page, the top doesn't blank out and reload. Just the rest of the page.

I do NOT want to redo this whole site in PHP or redesigned every page with frames. Is there a way to do this that is at least RELATIVELY easy? The URL to the site in question is my testing server:

http://digitaltekzone.com/testing/pence/v2/index.html


Again, any help would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks,

That's how it appears to the user already, if the user's Internet connection (and the site's server) is fast. Or does the client mean static as in "not scrollable"?


Redoing it in PHP doesn't make any difference here, and frames are best avoided: http://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/frames.html#frame-problems


Make the HTML documents' file sizes as small as possible, to increase download speed. Make sure the client uses a webhost with fast server. The images in the header should be cached in most browsers, so once they're downloaded they shouldn't slow things down.

I mean so that top portion never reloads. When you choose an option from the navigation link only the portion below the green bar will load a new page. The top portion must remain. He says that currently "the transition from one page to the next is too extreme." He doesn't like that when you click a link the whole page blanks out (turns white) and takes a couple seconds to load the next page.

So he's a fool.

There is only one way to do what you want and you don't want to use it - frames. I agree with you, but maybe for other reasons. Don't use frames. It's fine as it is.

Oh well, maybe Let Them Eat Cake then

If you're concerned about speed, then I recommend that you not put hundreds of flash movies on your welcome page.

Exactly! Thank you! I tell you, this whole freaking project has been a nightmare. Not only does the flash look ugly and slow the page down, but it takes up space. He also complains that not enough of the page displays without having to scroll.

I'm pulling my hair out on this. Most clients are pretty easy to work with but this guy has something new every day.

I don't want to use frames, but I will if I have to. I just don't want to have to make wholesale changes to 25+ pages.

Please see the FAQ entry How do I include one file in another?

Thanks man. I'll take a look at that tomorrow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope_creep ? It's said that "the customer is always right", but maybe not all deserve being customers in the first place. Remind him that each extra feature will cost more, then see if he's still interested.

Another silly idea: each new page is preloaded when you use page transitions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms...page_Transition alas it only works in MSIE.

And of course the transition itself means it's not seamless.