embedding an html file inside another html file

to specify content by linking to another url

[grum]

not sure how to explain this...here goes

is there a way (aside from using frames) to show the contents of a webpage inside aother web page.

For example, having a menu bar at the side where the user can click on different documents and then the documents load into another part of the page (for example a table cell or something)

or is the only way to do this with some back end technology?

thanks

[PatrickDeese]

I would guess the only ways to accomplish it would be via Frames, Inline frames, or some javascript magic and/or hidden CSS content.

[grum]

Ah...I have just dicovered IFRAMEs. They seem to do the thing I want, but this leads me to another question.

Can you target an IFRAME in a link?

[BlobFisk]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, grum!

There is an attrbute called target that allows you to target particular frames/iFrames. For example:

<iFrame name="myFrame" src="path/to/file.html">

You can have a link on the parent page that opens the (linked) page in the frame by:

<a href="path/to/file.html" target="myFrame" title="Link to File">...</a>

HTH