Is there any examples of UBB running inside of a frame that I could look at? Is there a way to do this that anyone knows of. I would like for users to be able to navigate through the BB with my links at left and my variable banners & links at top of page. TIA

You can do that without a frame. Check my site out for examples

ubb.classic or ubb.threads



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Hi JC,

Looked at your site, does one of your templates have that sidebar or do I have to use a hack or what? That is what I want, I can put a header in, figured that out last night but where do i go for info on how to get this sidebar left? I found another site that had it on both sides... I just need left and top, that would be great! BTW, damn that's rich, your site design is really good, nice work dude.

As JC is running a beta version, I can guarantee there are no hacks involved.

To create a sidebar, the basic idea is that you put the entire UBB in a two-celled table. In the left cell goes the sidebar, and in the right cell goes the rest of the UBB. You accomplish this by setting up the table in the header, including the side bar (like this):
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<!-- sidebar code goes here -->
</td>
<td>

And closing it in the footer:
</td>
</tr>
</table>

More or less..

I'll let JC comment further if necessary.

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Thanks

Grame is correct, here is one with a header and sidepanel:

Put this (after adding links etc) into the header:
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr align="center">
<td colspan="2"> <!-- Header --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="16%"> <!-- sidebar --></td>
<td width="84%">

And this in the footer:

<!-- ubb --></td>
</tr>
</table>


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Eeexxxcelent! Ok, before i go do this thing just one more question. Is it possible to build that header, footer, and sidebar in its own html file to the correct size, say in a correctly sized table, and then just put a URL reference to that in the UBB header table you are showing me?

Or, do I have to go copying and pasting through my comtrol panel every time I make a change. I think the answer is yes but what would that code look like? For example

like: my header, footer, and side panels are in their own html files on my site like this:

www.mysite.com/ubb/panels/leftside.html
www.mysite.com/ubb/panels/header.html
www.mysite.com/ubb/panels/footer.html

what does the references to this look like when used with the sample code you just laid down here. I'm not going to attempt it in this post because it would surely be wrong. I'm OK with html, but not really used to making this move here and would be smarter to just ask the pros advice, just one more time. TIA. You guys have been so nice to assist me and I'll pay it forward somehow...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Joe Postscript . . .:
Eeexxxcelent! Ok, before i go do this thing just one more question. Is it possible to build that header, footer, and sidebar in its own html file to the correct size, say in a correctly sized table, and then just put a URL reference to that in the UBB header table you are showing me?
[/QUOTE]Nope.. SSI won't work in any fashion, unless you create a java setup which ain't worth it.


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Actually, it is possible. Make a Perl script that loads a file, and outputs the result to JavaScript. Then use <script type="text/javascript" src="url"></script> in your header/footer and it will use it.

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Thanks LK for offering to help him write this up


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