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Dreamweaver MX: scrolling text/frame over static image

         

photoresistor

6:51 am on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Hello I'm designing a web page for my band using dreamweaver mx...

What I want is for the main "frame" with the news and stuff to be like an iframe but so that only the text scrolls (and not the background image).

the text scrolls down in the frame but the background image doesn't move. I can't figure out how to do this with dreamweaver. I tried just having the background in the cell in the table and having no bg color in the iframe source page but that doesnt work. I've also tried putting the background image in the iframe source page but it just scrolls down and repeats the image.

here is what the site looks like so far:

<Sorry, no personal URLs. See TOS [webmasterworld.com]>

The frame I want this to be on is where all the 'blah blah' stuff is.

if anyone has any tips or ideas on how to do something like that (that web page is a lot more sophisticated and professional than mine but something w/ that general idea).

Thanks

dan

[edited by: tedster at 7:27 am (utc) on May 28, 2004]
[edit reason] remove example urls [/edit]

stever

8:05 am on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Given that you are virtually forced to use javascript anyway, you might as well use divs, rather than an iframe.

There are plenty of dhtml scroller scripts out there which could be adapted - the advantage of a div is that it can sit anywhere you want and on top of a static image background (or another static div with the background if that suits your idea better).

wdsriram

11:35 am on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)



try not to use frames, they cause a lot of problems. you are better of with basic desining.

[netvedam.com ]

photoresistor

11:00 pm on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Alright I'll look into using 'divs' though I have no clue what they are exactly.

If someone could maybe point me to some script place or something that might have what im looking for thatd be great (would maybe dynamicdrive have something?).

I should tell you that I mostly create pages in the 'design' mode and not using code (i can do a few small html type stuff but thats about it).

thanks for your input.

smokeyb

12:09 am on May 29, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Are you sure you don't just want something like <body background="yourbackground.jpg" bgProperties=fixed> content blah blah... </body> in the body of the page that loads into the frame? I know this works in IE but I'm sure it isn't fully compatible.
Smokey