DW8 opening a frameset

Greetings,
I inherited a very old website that is constructed using
frames (audible collective sigh here!). Until I can convince the
client to abandon this layout technique I need to make some changes
to this existing site. Within each section of the site is an
index.html page which is actually just the frameset itself. Every
page is set up with a row of thumbnail images in the bottom frame
that takes up 25% of the browser window. The upper 75% is the html
page that corresponds to whichever thumbnail has been clicked down
below.
In dreamweaver, when i try to open index.html to specifly a
new page to show up in the upper frame of the browser window, I
double click on index.html in my Files palette, then look at my
page as it loads. DW is loading the actual page that is specified
to be in the top frame, NOT the index.html file itself.
How can I open index.html and edit the code that is calling
up the two separate pages within the frameset? I've tried
double-clicking in the Files palette, right(command)clicking the
file and choosing Open, and using the File menu option... but NO
JOY!
I'd gladly abandon frames for many reasons, but this one is
just annoying!
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Pedro

Open the frameset file. Click on the BORDER of the frame
'icon' on the
Frames panel (you have to select the panel from WINDOW |
Frames). You will
now see the code on the frameset in Design/Code view....
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"sheikyerbuti" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:epoqh7$bdn$[email protected]..
> Greetings,
>
> I inherited a very old website that is constructed using
frames (audible
> collective sigh here!). Until I can convince the client
to abandon this
> layout
> technique I need to make some changes to this existing
site. Within each
> section of the site is an index.html page which is
actually just the
> frameset
> itself. Every page is set up with a row of thumbnail
images in the bottom
> frame that takes up 25% of the browser window. The upper
75% is the html
> page
> that corresponds to whichever thumbnail has been clicked
down below.
>
> In dreamweaver, when i try to open index.html to
specifly a new page to
> show
> up in the upper frame of the browser window, I double
click on index.html
> in
> my Files palette, then look at my page as it loads. DW
is loading the
> actual
> page that is specified to be in the top frame, NOT the
index.html file
> itself.
>
> How can I open index.html and edit the code that is
calling up the two
> separate pages within the frameset? I've tried
double-clicking in the
> Files
> palette, right(command)clicking the file and choosing
Open, and using the
> File
> menu option... but NO JOY!
>
> I'd gladly abandon frames for many reasons, but this one
is just annoying!
> Any ideas?
>
> Many thanks,
> Pedro
>

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