<iframe> --- targetting, anchors, etc.

i must be missing something very simple.

[PatrickKerby]

Hello,
here is my problem:

PageA has 3 buttons which link to anchors on 3 different paragraphs on PageB.

PageB is located in an iframe on PageC.

although I think I have everything setup correctly, the links on PageA still open up PageB on its own rather than within the iframe on PageC.

any common errors?
any suggestions?
thanks!

Patrick

[pageoneresults]

Do your links have the target attribute set for the

<iframe>

? For example...

<a href="file.htm" target="i1">

i1 being the name attribute of the

<iframe>

.

P.S. I don't think I understood your question quite clearly. My answer may not be what you are looking for.

[PatrickKerby]

sorry.. you're right, it wasn't very clear.

my first page, which has the links on it.. does not have the iframe on it.

so my links need to direct to
a) the second page,
aswell as
b) the anchor on the page in the iframe on the second page.

but when i click on my link, it brings up only the content of the iframe rather than within the page the iframe is nested in

[DrDoc]

So, you need to link to page C (with a query string)... and have something on that page that will recognize the URL, and open the page in the iframe.

[PatrickKerby]

yeaah... um.. pretty much.

i may just scrap the iframe and do it a way i know how... but if its possible to get it to direct it properly as i want it... would be nice to know

[DrDoc]

I'd scrap the iframe too if I were you ;)

Why are you using the iframe, by the way?

[PatrickKerby]

lol.. because it was a quick fix at the time.... which has resulted in.. well.. not a quick fix.

thanks for the thoughts.