[thelist] Avoiding "Orphan" Frames

Seth Bienek seth at sethbienek.com
Wed Feb 28 13:09:53 CST 2001


> What is the best way to avoid the "orphan" frame syndrome?

Don't use frames.

Seriously, there's a bit of Javascript you can use, but that's your only
defense.  NIxing frames is a good idea though, because it affects
accessibility, usability, search engine exposure, etc..  But if you can't be
desuaded, here's a snippet of JavaScript that should do the trick.  Put it
in the body tag of your child pages  (like so) and you're all set.

<body onLoad="if(parent.frames.length!=0)
top.location='MyFramesPage.html';">

Seth

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