Frame alternative

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am wanting to avoid using frames. I am currently using 2 frames. The purpose to keep a menu always present at the top of the page. Is there a server side include that will always generate a page header on the top of every subsequent script. The problem I am having is that if a button is dragged below into the bottom frame, the page is reloaded without using the frameset. Has anyone come across this problem. Thanks people.

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Re: Frame alternative by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Oct 29, 2004 at 12:16 UTC
Absolutely nothing to do with Perl but you should be able to accomplish this with CSS - you can use absolute positioning to keep the menu at the top of the page. If you don't know about CSS then a reasonable start can be found at http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/. Update: I just realized that site doesn't appear to have anything on absolute positioning but you can find a tutorial here : http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/hands_on_tutorial/09.laying_out.html /J\	[reply]
Re: Frame alternative by xorl (Deacon) on Oct 29, 2004 at 13:20 UTC
Try using include files. They will allow you to keep a menu on the page by using just one line of code.	[reply]
Re: Frame alternative by Anonymous Monk on Oct 29, 2004 at 12:25 UTC
Other programming languages such as coldfusion can use a universal script (in coldfusion an application.cfm script) which is always run with every script. Their you can place headers, footer and global variables etc. Just wondering if i can use a module or another technique rather than duplicating a lot of code for a menu on each page (eg javascripts for button events etc).	[reply]
Re^2: Frame alternative by Arunbear (Prior) on Oct 29, 2004 at 13:10 UTC
Have a look at a templating system such as Template Toolkit or HTML::Template	[reply]