Richard, This way to the finding aid: http://images.lib.ohio-state.edu/cga/Mendez/SPEC.CGA.TMf.html And, for what it's worth, the XSLT: http://images.lib.ohio-state.edu/cga/Mendez/mendez_frames.xsl Many thanks to everyone who posted advice! I'll be looking at all the suggestions and figuring out what I might do. Amy At 03:17 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote: >Amy McCrory wrote: > >>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? > >Hi Amy > >A little Javascript is commonly used to check if a page is within a >frameset, and redirect if not, e.g.: > ><body onload="if (top == self) self.location.href = 'SPEC.CGA.TMf.html';" > > >But this will only then load the frameset in its initial state, not >with any particular finding aid showing. > >It'd be nice to see a URL and see what exactly you've done and >whether it could be made to work as you suggest. However, my >instinct is that I probably wouldn't start from here. > >Why not instead embed the TOC within the Finding Aids, and generate >a single, self-contained page each time, with a unique URL, rather >than a frameset? Use <div>s and CSS to achieve the same layout as >your frameset. > >HTH > >Richard > >-- >/ >\ Richard M Davis >/ Digital Archives Specialist >\ University of London Computer Centre >/ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7692 1350 >\ mailto: [log in to unmask] >/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amy McCrory Digital Imaging Specialist, Preservation Department 228 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Avenue The Ohio State University Libraries Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-8647