I just wanted to see how many people use iframes and if not, why? I don't see the sense in them to be honest and my boss is forever using them. Drives me nuts. But i don't know enough to stand up and tell her she's doing it wrong?

 

Anyone agree that they are a pain in the ass? or do you swear by them....?

 

- Neil

It really depends on the type of site - I worked for Chelsea FC and they are always using iFrames for content because it just makes sense to plug in another site to theirs, when it is on such a HUGE scale then it makes sense, rather than redesigning/developing a completely bespoke bit of code. It depends on how it is used really

Sometimes. I run a community website and if I get a schedule of Church services as a Word Doc it's quicker to convert it to html and put that in the website in an iframe (because it's got too much height). I know that converting Word to html produces terrible code, but it works and it's quicker than retyping and I won't make any mistakes.

I use them, but only for scrolling images.

 

Search engine crawlers take them as a separate page and that's not good.

If I remember right, wasn't this the same reason frames are now more or less obselete.

 

A time & a place for them I suppose.

I use them, but only for scrolling images.

 

Search engine crawlers take them as a separate page and that's not good.

If I remember right, wasn't this the same reason frames are now more or less obselete.

 

A time & a place for them I suppose.

 

 

Really? i didn't realize that. That's what i wanted to hear though....something i can stand up and say as i don't know that much about using iFrames except they are a pain in the ass!

The only thing that I use an iframe for is inserting google maps, anything else that I want to have a separate file I will use an include as that way search engines can see the code on that page rather than think of it as a separate page

Unfortunately iframes aren't accessible so they are/were/should be fazed out (my opinion, sorry!). If you want the same effect without needing the iframe, I'd suggest a scrolling div -

 

#whatever {

width: 300px;

height: 300px;

overflow: auto;

}

 

<div id="whatever">Text</div>

I have a bad habit of using them for terms of use agreements on registration pages and thats about all. I should be using css for that, I guess its just a "bad habit" I've picked up.