| Re: passing documents through pages [message #178336 is a reply to message #178334] |
Tue, 05 June 2012 22:13   |
The Natural Philosoph
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Michael Joel wrote:
> I am wondering what people's opinions are for the following.
>
> I am storing a library of documents online (the directly viewable ones
> will be in HTML format - with other formats for the user to choose if
> they wish to download them).
>
> Anyway -
> I have main site with PHP scripts taking user selection and then
> providing the document for reading.
> Since the documents are all stand alone html I want them to be viewed in
> the website - ie. I want the sites menu, banner, and footer displayed
> around the document.
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> Currently they are simply being read into the site's page but this is
> wrong since this means CSS definitions are being loaded inside the page
> body (not in the header).
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> I would like to keep the documents stand alone but also bring them in.
> What would be the simplest method to load the document in?
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> I thought of iframes but I dislike that method. I could place the needed
> CSS definitions in the site's page but then if viewed alone the
> documents would not look right.
>
> Like I said - any opinions?
>
> If it is to complicated then I may just re-adjust the plan and force
> them to be viewed through the site's pages only.
>
If I understand you correctly, I would be inclined to make the raw
format of the pages HTML but lacking headers and so on.
Then you can make two sets of scripts - one set displays the pages
INSIDE e.g. a scrollable device bordered by your framework, and the
other just supplies a very basic html header for 'standalone viewing'
> Thanks
> Mike
>
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