Frameset HELP!

[Taz9797]

OK, I had a brilliant idea for a site that has it centered and the text all scrolls within the graphics.

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My resolution is at 1020X780 and it looked great. As soon as I looked at it in 800X600, it cramped it as you can see by the above link.

I'm using Dreamweaver to create the site and basically the middle "row" (top being the nav and the bottom being...well the bottom) is where I want the scroll to be. I DO NOT WANT THE PAGE TO BE LONG AND GO PAST THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW.

How do I set the parameters of the frames to work in different resolutions? I tried it by pixel, percentage, and relative widths, and it still does not work correctly.

I did try doing it in a table using PHP, but the page goes past the bottom of the window. I would just like to have that middle "cell" or "frame" just be where the scroll bar is.

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IDEAS?!

[edited by: engine at 8:34 pm (utc) on Feb. 6, 2004]
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[smokeyb]

That link will be disabled any minute now as they're not allowed (read "terms of service"), but the easy way would be to use DW templates. Just create a template for all the surrounding stuff and make the centre table an editable region. Create your pages and attach the template. Gets rid of frames, speeds up loading time and it would remain constant. You should probably use CSS to format your pages, but you will no doubt get people who will advise you to use is solely, and tell you the real professional way to contruct your layout.

[tedster]

Let the middle row of the frameset be denoted by *. Set the top and bottom frame size by pixels for precision, and whatever screen real estate is left will be given to the middle row.

<frameset rows="120,*,75">

[Taz9797]

It's not the up and down size that's a problem, it's the left and right that is screwing it up.

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Top Frame
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1 ¦ 2 ¦ 3
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Bottom Frame
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1, 2, and 3 are the ones not lining up.

[Taz9797]

nevermind...I dumped the idea. Thanks anyway.

[smokeyb]

I looked at your site before the link was removed, and you can achieve it how I suggested before. You have all your graphics ready and you already know all the sizes, so converting it to the other method should only take minutes. And solve the problem.
PS. Or you could of used an iframe.