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<base target="FrameName"> doesn't work on IE7

Answer 1

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The href="" attibute is mandatory on the base tag - that's one possible explanation. You don't say what doctype you're using, but target is not allowed in strict XHTML.

Edit: tested it without href and it worked ok... that leaves the doctype, or something else.

Greg 2008-11-03 18:43:12

Answer 2

A:

Honestly, I know this isn't what you're asking but PLEASE don't use frames. They're already on their way out of the HTML/XHTML DTD's, are butt ugly and cause all kinds of issues browser-to-browser.

If you're looking for an easy to manage template system then I'd suggest just use simple PHP includes which may sound intimidating, but is actually extremely simple. Chances are if you have a cheap webserver PHP is already installed.

Andrew G. Johnson 2008-11-03 19:05:16

i am supporting an application that is alredy builded, and the reason they use frames is because they load different applications on the right frame.the solution is .Net based and not PHP

Oscar Cabrero 2008-11-03 19:12:10

You can do simple templating in .NET also. MasterPages are the out of box solution they provide for you.

Andrew G. Johnson 2008-11-06 16:15:20

Answer 3

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i dont know what was the issue because i test the base target in pure HTML and it works, wondering if ASP.net has to do something with it. but here is a piece of javascript code that add the target attribute to all link elements that doesnt have one

<script language="javascript">

    var tags=document.getElementsByTagName("a");
    for (i=0;i<tags.length;i++)
     { 
         if(!tags[i].getAttribute('target'))
             {
              tags[i].setAttribute('target',"right")
     }
     }


    </script>

Oscar Cabrero 2008-11-03 22:11:58

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