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April 11, 2021
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Frames to Table

  • April 11, 2021
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I have an old website that has frames. I am trying to convert the frame content into a table instead to get rid of the frames. Is there anyway of copy and pasting the contents of the frame into a new table?

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    Correct answer anissa_thompson

    Using both Frames and Tables to organize and display your content is antiquated, not accessible for visually impaired users, and horrible for SEO. (Tables should ONLY be used for tabular data, and Frames should never be used for anything public-facing.)

     

    Consider revamping your site with a dynamic website with a pre-built structure (like WordPress or similar theme-based setup); design a layout using Bootstrap; or at the very least, using the basics of CSS


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    Legend
    April 11, 2021
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    Is there anyway of copy and pasting the contents of the frame into a new table?

     

    You could manually copy and paste into a new table but there's no functionality unless you re-build it in. From what I can recall of frames you had the navigation in one frame, which when links are clicked, bought the respective content associated with the links, into another frame.

     

    You need to revise the whole workflow if you want to progress from frames. Either use a seperate page approach for each page of the website or maybe investigate a single page application approach, which is more like a frames workflow, where links are clicked and content is bought into a single page template, without the page refresshing.

     

    These days you should be considering the layout on mobile devices when building a website. You could still use a very simple 2 column responsive table to achieve your goal but its best to use a more modern approach such as flexbox, grid or one of the many front end frameworks available like Bootstrap or Tailwind but I would only suggest the last 2 options for anyone who has a limited involvement in web-development, they may initially get you from a-b faster than if you were to spend time seriously considering how real code actually works.

    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2021

    Thanks for all your help. I have decided now to start again and make it from scratch. 

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 11, 2021

    Short answer:  Not possible.  Frames to Table conversion is not an option in Dreamweaver CC, not that anybody would use it if it were.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Legend
    April 11, 2021
    • very first question.... how big is your web site ?
    • does the content was up to date until today, or does the content very old too and need to be update?
    • what is the due date for revamping your web site ?

     

    And by the way what said Anissa, is fully appropriate on how you should view your new approach

    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2021

    The website is quite large. It features over 35,000 different items and many pages.

    The content is up to date.

    Due date is ASAP.

    It looks like I will have tom take a different approach.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 11, 2021

    Is this a hobby or an actual business?   I ask because if this is a hobby site, it doesn't matter much what you do.  But if this is your livelihood, you should definitely hire an experienced developer to help you.  35,000 items is far too much to manage with static HTML pages alone.  You need a dynamic solution of some kind.  The best solution for you will depend on many factors that go way beyond the scope of a Dreamweaver product forum. 

     

    Good luck!

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    anissa_thompson
    Community Expert
    anissa_thompsonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    April 11, 2021

    Using both Frames and Tables to organize and display your content is antiquated, not accessible for visually impaired users, and horrible for SEO. (Tables should ONLY be used for tabular data, and Frames should never be used for anything public-facing.)

     

    Consider revamping your site with a dynamic website with a pre-built structure (like WordPress or similar theme-based setup); design a layout using Bootstrap; or at the very least, using the basics of CSS


    Hope this helps! Make sure to press "✔ Correct Answer" on this post if this answers your question. Happy Creating!Anissa • @anissat