load order in frameset?

[VB4fun]

does anyone know if it is possible to set the load order of the frames, in a frameset?


(i.e. Load Frame1(top frame) first, Load Frame2(menu frame)second, Load Frame3(mainbody frame) third)

[Acidic]

I dont think that is do-able but I thought of a work around.
Load all frames with a blank page except top frame, when top frame has finnished loading, make it load the next frame.

so:
top.html
onLoad="doThis()" should go in the body tag

and
function doThis() {
window.parent.bottomFrame.location = "bottom.html" }

should go in the top page.

[VB4fun]

Thanks for the idea....

I will give a try....

[CornedBee]

Is there any specific reason to? I'd like pages that don't make my broadband connection useless.

[VB4fun]

if you are implying the pages might be too big, not to worry. I am keeping the pages small.....and they load rather quickly, even on a dial up...

it was just an idea I had to make the site appear more polished, rather than hap-hazardly loading a main frame before the menu was loaded, or the title was loaded....

Have to admit, imho, this new touch is something nice...

silly me, wasnt thinking clearly,but took Acidic's idea and rolled it into a small flash movie I already had in each page. (thanks acidic, your idea was good, but pages were loading before the movie had finished in this case).

When the movie is done running, it loads the next pane of the frame.

Just a thought.....and it seems to work rather well.

[CornedBee]

What I'm saying is that a browser can use multiple downloads to get all pages at the same time if the bandwidth allows for it.
Unless you force the browser to serialize it.

Why do you actually want it to be serialized?

[VB4fun]

newer to HTML....my experience has been in VB, Flash....so pardon my naivity....

the situation I had was the main frame page, consisted of text, so it was loading first...then sometimes my header (a flash movie) would load and play next...while the menu pane (also having a flash movie) would load next.....so the user would not necessarily see the animations....or in some instances, the movies would all be going at the same time....and it would be overwhelming...

this way, unless for some reason this is a bad practice, the movie plays (rather short animation of course), then the next frame loads.....this allows a time entry to the main site page.....

rather than everything being thrown at you.....

I posted a site check in this forum...if you care to look....and give me an opinion....

[CornedBee]

So your header is a movie that the user should watch, and your menu is also a movie that the user should watch? And therefore you want the user to wait until the finish of both movies until he can see the actual content?
I'd be leaving your site immediatly.

[VB4fun]

I will take that into consideration.

I did mention, the movies are short....and over a 28k dial up....the page seems to take less than a 1/2 minute to load entirely....with a smooth entry...

but, there are surfers such as yourself that seem to get antsy, so I will look for more opinions on the entry speed...

thanks for your input.