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meta refresh not working with IE6

meta refresh not working with IE6 and framed pages

         

pinpo_tele

11:03 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



hi to everyone!
this is my new post here. this site really is the most complete about this html stuff.
my problem is this:
i have this php application(a chat room) with the following frameset:

<frameset cols="*,170" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frameset rows="30,*,35" cols="*">
<frame src="supremo.php" name="supremo" scrolling="NO">
<frame src="textocom.php" name="arriba">
<frame src="escribirtexto.php" name="abajo" scrolling="NO">
</frameset>
<frameset rows="38,*,35,0" cols="*">
<frame src="bienvenido.php" name="derechaarriba" scrolling="NO">
<frame src="presentes.php" name="derecha">
<frame src="util1.php" name="util1" scrolling="NO">
<frame src="util2.php" name="util2" scrolling="NO">
</frameset>
</frameset>

i need to refresh the frames named "arriba" and "derecha". at developing moment i used the meta refresh property or method, i only tested it in IE5 and it worked just fine, but a few days ago, i seated in a pc with IE6 and i noticed that only one of the frames was really refreshin.
does any know the reason or how to fix it?
thanks anyway!1
if i'm not clear, just ask me, and i'll try to make me be underestood.

thehittmann

11:47 pm on Jan 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



welcome to webmaster world

what is the code you are using for refreshing?

pinpo_tele

6:42 pm on Jan 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



hi thehittmann!
thanks for replying. im using this code for refreshing:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="10;URL=thesamepage.php">

where "thesamepage" means the name of the page that is originally in that frame(im refreshing each one of that 2 frames with the same page that is the original src of them).
i have found that many users of IE6 have had the same problem with my site, so, it is a html rule that i ignore or it is a IE6 bug.
actually, im refreshing using javascript, but i don't like it too much due to it's imcompatibilities, or the fact that users may disable it if they want.
so i would like to keep refreshing with the meta refresh, but it seems impossible to me.
please help me.
thanks

thehittmann

1:44 am on Jan 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



try changing the refresh times of them so they dont refresh at the same time. It might work.
Other than that I dont see why it shouldnt be working.

pinpo_tele

4:00 pm on Jan 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



hi thehittmann!
thanks again for replying.
actually, the refresh time is 5 for one page and 10 for the other one.
maybe there is a limit of 1 for refreshing framed pages within IE6, but it's not that stupid?
thanks for your help sir.