link into iframes

how to hyperlink from page into iframe

[ir803]

I have been using dreamweaver MX for a while now and the one thing that still baffles me is how to hyperlink from a navigation button into an iframe to open up a new page in that iframe, also if i have for example a page with two iframes one has a scrolling list of thumbnails each one needs to open up a gallery of thumbnails in the other iframe without re loading the whole page, using draemweaver how do I do it?
please can anyone help.

[Ryan8720]

It would be easier for you to switch to regular frames.

[ir803]

not to worry, I must be a complete idiot, I have just been playing around with the target settings and cracked the problem.

My fault really I find it hard to sit and read instruction books.

thanks anyway.

[Ryan8720]

That wasn't the point. Using iFrames is not recommended, as they display unpredicatbly in all browsers other than IE. They are not a web standard. Stay away from proprietary code.

[ShawnR]

iframes are part of html 4 transitional, and well supported in browsers since IE3 and Netscape 6, so provided you don't mind NN4 users not seeing it, and provided you don't define a strict 4.01 doctype, you should be OK.

Given these issues, Ryan is right that some recommend avoiding iframes (although some say that frames are only marginally better).