[sorb]

Hi
Here is what I want to do, but cant work it out.

I am desining a site using Dreamweaver, I have 3 frames one stretching across the top, one menu frame on left and a main frame.

What i want to do is have one background pic which covers the whole of the viewed site.

How do i do this? Also how do i get the background to fit any browser size so it fll the whole screen?

Would much appreciate any help here

Cheers

[snowyswebsolutions]

sorb, on Apr 11 2009, 17:14, said:

Hi
Here is what I want to do, but cant work it out.

I am desining a site using Dreamweaver, I have 3 frames one stretching across the top, one menu frame on left and a main frame.

What i want to do is have one background pic which covers the whole of the viewed site.

How do i do this? Also how do i get the background to fit any browser size so it fll the whole screen?

Would much appreciate any help here

Cheers

First of all, why i are you wanting to use frames?

[sorb]

snowyswebsolutions, on Apr 11 2009, 17:41, said:

First of all, why i are you wanting to use frames?

In top frame there is going to be a transparent banner
In side frame the page menu
Main frame web content

[snowyswebsolutions]

sorb, on Apr 11 2009, 17:42, said:

In top frame there is going to be a transparent banner
In side frame the page menu
Main frame web content

And why do you need frames for this?

The point i'm getting at is that there is no need for you to use frames.

[sorb]

snowyswebsolutions, on Apr 11 2009, 17:50, said:

And why do you need frames for this?

The point i'm getting at is that there is no need for you to use frames.

Ah ok

it is the only way i have written a site before.

I want the top and side to be static and to be able to scroll the main part

[snowyswebsolutions]

sorb, on Apr 11 2009, 17:51, said:

Ah ok

it is the only way i have written a site before.

I want the top and side to be static and to be able to scroll the main part

If you really want to do this it is possible using XHTML & CSS.

#fgfg {
height:300px;
width:300px;
overflow:scroll;
}

<div id="fgfg">bla bla bla</div>

I guess you new to this and i would suggest googling "XHTML and CSS layouts" or along those lines.

[BritZin]

I would strongly advise against frames now.
They're becoming more and more dated, but are also being decomissioned.
You'll find that Internet Explorer 8 No longer supports them, or iFrames atleast.

No point creating a site that isn't WAI Compliant or compatible with most browsers.
CSS would probably be a better method.

[Jarvooo]

I can only echo whats been said so far, what is good though is google has thousands of tutorials in Dreamweaver and creating a basic site using one of which should hold you in good stead for creation in the future

[ZigPress]

Learning in Dreamweaver will sadly not stand you in good stead for creation in the future... learning to code (as in Snowy's last post) will.

[snowyswebsolutions]

I'm afraid the info above will only lead you to success. I began in dreamweaver, one step forward and two steps back comes to mind.