Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset


I work for a consortium of 30 libraries. Each library has their own
website, but they all share the same web catalog. On each library's website
there is a search box to search the catalog, which is on a completely
different server from the websites. We've been finding that once people use
that search box, they get distracted with the catalog and have no easy way
to get back to the library's website. The problem I was tasked with is,
coming up with a way to search the catalog with an easy way to return to
where the user was before they initiated the search.

The only way I thought to do this was to use a frameset for the search
results. Which, you can see here:

http://beta.menashalibrary.org/sites/beta.menashalibrary.org/themes/salamander/searchframe.html

If anyone has any ideas, other than using frames for the results, I'd love
to hear them. The problem is, there's nothing I can do on the web catalog
end.

- jody



Easiest solution - Open the search page in a new window. Then they can just
close it to get back to the previous window...

I now understand what you're trying to say in regards to the frames.

The top frame resides completely on your server so you can place a "Go back
to homepage" link to direct people back to YOUR libraries homepage. And the
bottom frame contains the search results page that you have no control over
and cannot alter to simply place a "Home" link on it. And that should remain
since the global search results page is accessed by multiple libraries.

Like I said above, the easiest thing to do is just open it in a seperate
window so they can close it at any time and still be at the same place on
your libraries website.

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