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philpereira
5th of January 2006 (Thu), 20:56
Hi all, I recently posted something asking for help with flash in the gallery section. It didn't really produce the responses I needed (mainly I think I posed the question in a vague way), so I figured I'd post here since it sort of pertains to the web side of pro photography. Anyway, I am trying to improve my portfolio gateway page, it's boring at the moment and needs to be kicked up a notch, but I was hoping some folks could help me tweak something that's bugging me. go to www.geocities.com/fpereira16 (http://www.geocities.com/fpereira16) (it's not my domain, I just have it on geocities for testing purposes) and click on the portfolio button. right now, i have the basic design down, but there are a couple of coding issues. for one, i wanted the black to extend all the way to the end of each side (i achieved something like this using tables, but it created a horizontal scrollbar). on the page I have up, I have the table within an iframe, which prevents the scrollbar from appearing, but the iframe doesn't extend to each border. Also, when I click on a link, it opens inside the mini iframe instead of the main iframe I created for the pages. So, what am I missing here? If I somehow managed to duplicate this into a flash file, would that solve the issue of being able to extend the black rectangle all the way to the edges without creating scrollbars? Looking forward to any suggestions!

AgaBoogaBoo
5th of January 2006 (Thu), 21:18
Create the version using tables - set the width and height of the tables to be 100%, I wouldn't mess around with iframes, that should also fix the other issue with linking to pages that you had.

Let me know if that helps, if not ask again and I'll do my best. Also, if you don't mind me making a recommendation, next time try and use paragraphs and seperate each issue so it's a little easier to read and understand. :)

philpereira
6th of January 2006 (Fri), 08:15
I had initially tried the table outside of the iframe, but that created a horizontal scrollbar, so I thought the iframe could do a better job at containing things (I also happen to be a big fan of iframes lol). Anyway, I found the solution: margins! The most nervewracking things always have the easiest fixes. I took the table out of the iframe and set the margins to 0, and voila! I'll have to get this off geocities and onto my server later.