iframes
R.I.P. The iframe Tag. Deceased 12th July 2007.
The humble iframe tag... actually, the iframe tag is anything but humble. It's quite powerful. And it opens up a window of opportunity for webmasters and lensmasters alike...
Except for lensmasters, who used to use it to do things in their TEXT/WRITE module that couldn't be done any other way. But that's in the past now.
ATTENTION: Squidoo's new policy on iframes
On July 12 Squidoo disabled the iframe tag and it's amazing ability to enhance, improve and empower your lenses.
What Wikipedia says about the iframe
The size of the IFrame is specified in the surrounding HTML page, so that the surrounding page can already be presented in the browser while the IFrame is still being loaded. The IFrame behaves much like an inline image and the user can scroll it out of view. On the other hand, the IFrame can contain its own scroll bar, independent of the surrounding page's scroll bar.
While regular frames are typically used to logically subdivide the content of one website, IFrames are more commonly used to insert content (for instance an advertisement) from another website into the current page.
Source
Recommended Reading
Do It Yourself
They're not hard to do once you've got the hang of it.
In fact if you go to the i-Frame Code Generator you can do it without having to know much about HTML.
Just enter the details of how you want your iframe to look, the url you want to show within the iframe and the code will be generated for you.
Be sure to also check out Jeffry Vance's lens on iframes where he demonstrates multiple uses of the powerful iframe.
With an iframe you can add a printable coupon!
A step-by-step tutorial on how to do it is found here.
Add your own Amazon search box!
Add an Opt-in Form
Be careful what you iframe
Don't iframe whole webpages from other sites. It'll look ghastly with a horizontal scroll bar as well as a vertical scroll bar.
It's yet to be confirmed but having a target page with a bit of code that 'breaks out of frames' can cause you to be locked out of your lens.
How would that happen?
By inserting and saving a Write/Text module to such a page will automatically load the page even in edit mode. Once loaded it'll bust out of the iframe and reload in the browser window. Thus stopping you from editing your lens, each and every time.
It would seem that Myspace has such a function.
So don't try putting your Myspace profile in an iframe. In fact avoid putting whole webpages of just any website in an iframe. Just link to them as normal if you really need your visitor to see it.
Do you have a lens with an iframe?
Post it here so others can see how you've used an iframe to empower your lens.
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lightfieldphotography
Feb 26, 2012 @ 2:25 pm | delete
- I was trying to add a light field photo from Lytro to my lens, but obviously this won't be possible without the iframes. Too bad.
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desertdarlene Feb 11, 2012 @ 6:06 pm | delete
- I don't think I've ever used iFrames.
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EMangl
Aug 15, 2011 @ 10:01 am | delete
- Sgh .. again i find no answer to my question how i can bring the Amazon code (which is an iframe) to Squidoo ..
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TLFOnline
Mar 9, 2011 @ 9:28 am | delete
- Facebook is now (March 2011) discontinuing FBML in favor of iFrame-based apps. Squidoo might want to re-think and look into ways to revive iFrame support and make it secure. If Facebook dropped their previous app framework in favor of an iFramed approach, it can't be all bad, right?
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jis2507
Dec 27, 2009 @ 3:10 pm | delete
- Boooooo!!!!!!
Why did they get rid of it for!!!?????
It was awesome! There was so much potential there!!!
Hmmm....
I almost want to quit squidoo now!
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