[pmwiki-users] I-Frames in PmWiki?

The Editor editor at fast.st
Sat Nov 11 17:10:58 CST 2006


Does PmWiki support I-Frames?  I am having a bit of a logistical
problem with the chat module I'm developing for ZAP that might be
solvable with I-Frames.  And it seems more and more browsers support
them.  Any input?

I was wondering specifically:

1) Is there any existing markup to create an inline frame or do I need
to create my own?
2) How do you create a link that targets a specific frame (inline or
otherwise)?  Or in a recipe, that normally calls HandleBrowse( ) or
Redirect( ).
3) Will there be problems with embedding one wiki page within another
in this way with page variables, etc.? It's surprizing no one has made
use of this anywhere on PmWiki that I can find.

My reason for wanting this, is I have figured a simple little trick
for getting a chat history to periodically refresh itself, but only
want that one part of the page to refresh.  I originally was going to
use regular frames, but then you have chaos in terms of page
variables, etc.  I thought of putting the content into a div, but
couldn't figure out how to just update a div (my preference).  So the
old I-Frame option suggested itself to me.  I'm very open to other
suggestions.  I've found chat isn't too fun if it doesn't refresh
automatically.

Cheers,
Caveman




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