PHP alternative to frames

[tsilver10]

Hi there,

 

I'm working on a site here and looking to redesign it.

 

At the moment it works in that the nav bar is in one frame and the main section is in another. They designed it this way because in the main section there is a form for booking a trip through a third party and they want the nav bar to stay on top when that external page is called in.

 

What I would like to know is...is there a way to call an external page through this form whilst keeping the nav bar at the top?

 

Thanks in advance.

[btherl]

From my understanding of your situation, it's not possible unless the third party allows you to give them a template to use.

 

Actually, it is possible to call the form using php or javascript, providing you parse the html yourself and add in your nav bar before displaying the results.  That approach is dangerous though, as you could easily break the third party site's operation.  Frames are much safer due to the clear seperation between the sites.

[tsilver10]

Thanks for that mate, pretty much what I thought.

[ukferret]

If it is just a basic form, for example name, age BOD you can setup the form on your site, and get the visitor to enter the details then just post the data to their handleer page via a pop up, this way the data is submitted to the third party and your visitor stays on your website.

 

Also look into using iFrames instead of frames.

[tsilver10]

Unfortunately, it's a little more complex.

 

There is a form on our page - a customer enters their details and dates they want to travel and the third party then delivers results based on those dates...so it's a matter of calling that 2nd page in to.

 

Frames/iFrames it is I think...