Re: [mv] not showing the vlink in the url.....someone?

[Ramsey French <rammjet@mindspring.com>]

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To help alleviate the stress to those who do not like frames, another trick
is to use a "hidden" frame.

Create a frameset where one of the frames is "0" pixels in size and no
borders.  Unfortunately, many browsers try to display it, so you might have
a thin area of the frame exposed.  To fix this, put it in the most
unobtrusive area of the screen like the top or bottom, give it a background
color the same as the rest of your site and only target your content to the
other frame which occupies the rest of the window.

As for those who cannot handle frames, you need to catch that in the
noframes section.  And unfortunately, they will have to experience a less
pretty environment.

On 1/23/00 2:43 AM, Eric Paul at epaul@spellbook.net wrote:

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> It's done using frames.  Frames trick your browser into thinking that you
> are always on the same page, because you are in the same "frameset"
> throughout the session.  If you don't want to show the cgi-bin in the URL,
> use only the frames version.  Keep in mind though that this will really
> tick off users who are using browsers that can't handle frames, and those
> users who really hate frames.
> 
> Eric
> 
> At 01:10 AM 1/23/00 , you wrote:
>> ******    message to minivend-users from "Michael Schwartz"
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>> 
>> Hi all!!
>> Ive seen a few minivend sites that do not change the URL....for example...
>> my catalogs have to be accessed like www.mycatalog.com/cgi-local/mystore.cgi
>> so i created an index.html for the www.mycatalog.com that redirects the user
>> to the address above...
>> I dont like this solution.  I prefer that www.mycatalog.com doesnt change,
>> so the user never visualizes that he is running a cgi, and ive seen this in
>> a few stores made by other people....even in different sections of the store
>> the www.whatever.com stays that way....
>> Now, is this done using frames?  I am trying to find a UNIX way to do it,
>> maybe aliasing, but ive heard that it is not possible...since i dont believe
>> this is possible using unix, i am asking for suggestions that might save me
>> a lot of time.
>> Thanks !!
>> 
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