Is it Possible

[bcire68]

It's funny. I've never quite thought of an iframe this way but that is exactly what it is; a 'build your own widget'. It does seem like something that should be added to the widgets group.

Just my two cents.

Eric

[angelize]

I just snagged this iframe widget. Thanks Steve I was looking at doing just this very thing to have in my tool kit With this and Google docs giving a client an area on their site that they could update will be very easy.

[steve.ledger]

Anyone who downloaded the 'widget' earlier than Frances please note there was a typo in the code which is fixed in the version Frances just got.
Please download again.

More info about iframes can be found here:
► http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_iframe.asp

[slavelle]

With this and Google docs

Can you expand on the Google docs part of this?

[steve.ledger]

Scott, this is a neat trick to allow something to be updated by a client which doesn't need the original .xar file or an FTP account.
Simply open a Google docs account, create a doc, publish it to the web and then share it with your client.
All they do is update the doc and save - the changes are shown on the website in the iframe instantly.

I've used this system myself and it's a suitable for lightweight solutions.
You can also do the same thing with a blogger account.

Here's a demo with google doc, blogger and a couple other links all in a central iframe with a selectable drop down jump menu:

► http://steveledger.net.au/

[Miko]

Thanks again all. It seems the logical route is the Google docs one. Just one thing, in the Widget iFrame instructions I cannot for the life of me see where to set the Scrollbar and Frame border. It's probably staring me in the face?

[steve.ledger]

Open Web Properties>>Placeholder [tab]
As the text and rectangle are a softgroup, you need to Ctrl+Click the placeholder to select the orange rectangle.

In the Web Properties>>Placeholder 'Replace with HTML code' area you will see the code where you can change these attributes:

<iframe name=myframe src=URL width=100% height=100% scrolling=no frameborder=0></iframe>

[Miko]

Gotcha! Many thanks.