Using Frames

Even if frames should be avoided, Consolo supports using frames. This guide will help you configuring Consolo so it can work with and understand your frame structure.

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1. Create Frame-Structure

The startpage on your web site will probably contain a frame set. It is important that this frame set contains a frame with a specific name, through which all the web pages are displayed. Create your frame set and choose a name for this frame, e.g. content.

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2. Create Gateway For Frames

Consolo will need a file which can receive a page, draw up your entire frame set and place the current page in the right frame. This is called a frame gateway.

When an editor clicks on a page in the Page Structure, Consolo combines the http root, the gateway file and the selected file on Consolo’s PageKey-format, into one URL. It can look like this:

http://www.mycompany.com/frameset.asp?file=myfolder/mypage.html

Start from the frame set you created in step 1 and design a new file that recieves a value, for example file, draws up the frame set and places the selected file in the right frame.

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3. Set the Value Frames

In the configuration, set the value Frames so it corresponds to the frame name you picked in step 1, that is, the name of the frame that will show the page. Following the example in step 1, the value should be set to:

content

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4. Set The Value Gateway For Frames

In the configuration, set the value Gateway for frames so it points at the file you created in step 2. To follow the example in step 3, the value should look like this:

frameset.asp?file=

 

NOTE! Don’t forget to click Save Configuration when you are done.