This is an HTML-related problem, with I hope a straightforward
solution from someone with a good knowledge of frames.
Borrowing heavily from Michael Fox's eadcbs7.xsl and Chris Prom's
Illinois.xsl, I've created a multi-"page" finding aid with a
persistent table of contents. The output files generated by the XSLT
all take the <eadid> value as their base name, with various
extensions appended:
SPEC.CGA.TMf.html (the frameset)
SPEC.CGA.TMt.html (the table of contents)
SPEC.CGA.TMb.html (the body of the finding aid)
SPEC.CGA.TMseries1.html (the first series)
SPEC.CGA.TMseries2.html
etc.
Here's the problem: an open Web search of key terms from the finding
aid lands the searcher on a page such as SPEC.CGA.TMb.html or
SPEC.CGA.TMseries2.html, and the page in question appears without the
frameset. This means that many of the finding aid's navigation links are lost.
Is there a better way of coding the HTML, so that the frameset always
appears with any of the pages?
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Amy McCrory
Digital Imaging Specialist, Preservation Department
228 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Avenue
The Ohio State University Libraries
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-8647
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