problem with frames
Hi, Hope anyone can help me with my problem!
I have a website with two frames. In the main frame all pages and menues are, and in the small top frame there is a shopping cart. When google index all my pages the frames doesn't show when you click on one link from there.. So because of that the cart is not showing wich is a dissaster! What can I do?
timjpriebe posted this at 13:54 — 5th December 2006.
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I'm no SEO expert, but I believe that's a problem inherent with frames. My understanding is that if you use frames, they may not all fully get indexed by Google.
Here's a random article on SEO and frames I found online:
http://seo.gympieonline.com/frames-seo-article.html
What is your reason for using frames? Is it so that you only have to edit one copy of the menu? If so, you might consider using PHP files and doing an include. There's more info here:
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.asp
Tim
http://www.tandswebdesign.com
Neutron2k posted this at 09:39 — 7th December 2006.
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Joined: Jul 2005
Frames are a bad move for any web site. They have a history of not being browser friendly, and the search engines do not index the main frameset (the main html file that holds the frames).
I would highly reccommend you get away from using frames as soon as possible. No good can come from them. If your new to web development, use tables to layout your site. If your new and using dreamweaver, use templates and library items to help with the maintenance issue of updating numerous pages.
If you have access to server technology such as asp or php, use Server Side Includes so that you can share a header between numerous pages from one file.
If your more advanced at web development, ditch tables and use CSS to layout your sites and make use of SSI for the ultimate efficient web site
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