FindinSite-CD vertically in in a Frameset

This page shows FindinSite-CD running in the left pane of a frameset. All results are displayed in this pane, with words highlighted if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4+ for Windows and some other browsers.

Main search page, with links to other examples
Frameset arrangement
Header

Contents
(FindinSite-CD) Main
(highlighted results)

**Frameset arrangement**
`Header`
`Contents` (FindinSite-CD)	`Main` (highlighted results)

FindinSite-CD Word Highlighting in a vertical navigation frameset

In this configuration, FindinSite-CD is in a narrow vertical navigation pane, and it displays result pages in the main window. Although FindinSite-CD can be set up for this situation, the help and results displays can look cramped.
Make a frameset with a narrow vertical navigation pane called "Contents" and a main information display pane called "Main", as shown on the right. (The contents pane need not show the FindinSite-CD search page initially.)

Here is a minimal web page that sets up a suitable simpler frameset:
<HTML>
<FRAMESET COLS=*,3*>
   <FRAME SRC=search.htm NAME="Contents">
   <FRAME SRC=info.htm NAME="Main">
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>
You need to alter the standard FindinSite-CD search page for this new layout. The following basic FindinSite-CD page shows the changes highlighted in bold orange.
<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>FindinSite-CD</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <APPLET CODE=fisCD WIDTH='100%' HEIGHT='95%' NAME=fisCD ARCHIVE=fiscd.zip MAYSCRIPT> <PARAM NAME=cabbase VALUE="fiscd.cab"> <PARAM NAME=index1 VALUE="MySite.his"> <PARAM NAME=rules VALUE="rulesen.txt"> <PARAM NAME=target VALUE="Main"> <PARAM NAME=layout VALUE="vertical"> <PARAM NAME=resultslayout VALUE="<HANGING 1><B><NUMBER></B> <TITLE_LINK> <ABSTRACT>"> <PARAM NAME=ResultsLines VALUE="2,0"> </APPLET> </BODY> </HTML>

The APPLET WIDTH and HEIGHT are set to percentages so that the applet fills the available screen space.
Set the target parameter to Main so that the FindinSite-CD output goes in the Main pane.
Set the layout parameter to vertical; currently this simply moves the Search, Help and Options buttons onto a line below the search text box.
If you want, you can change the resultslayout and ResultsLines parameters to give a more suitable presentation of results for the available screen space.
Finally, if need be, you may wish to alter the font parameter to use a smaller font.

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Last modified: 8 February 2006.