Hi all,

i have two Intranet sits one is pure HTML (A) this is linked to Access database and using some clever queries and macros i can auto update tables and pages in A's directory over night. Showing yesterdays sales figures, items out of stock etc usally as a one row entry discription and total etc

the other is set up in microsft sharepoint ( (sharepoint can support html) and genraly has better look feel naviagation and i want this to be my main site everyone uses.

Now i can set up hyperlinks between to the two site so i can link from B to a page in A's directory showing yesterdays sales table. Not what my managers are after though they would like every thing on one page in there own sub sections.

BUT! what i woudl idealy like is to have A auto update over night (there is no getting round that A is the main one that has to update it has to stay a 2 Web system) is there some magic code so that when the HTML code is updated in A there a HTML function that B uses to then update....basically having the tables i see in A displayed on a page with out having to use hyperlinks from B to A...??:confused:

After writing all that i could just use frames right and display the page in the frames that would dynamic so when on page changes the frame displays the new contents right???

Thanks

Joel

The use of frames should be avoided where possible, but it is an easy way out. you could look at using a Flash file as the latest ones have some really fancy actionscript which will allow you to do that sort of thing. Really though, you want to convert the whole site(s) into php or asp which would then sort all your problems (including having to have 2 sites).

I don't think the use of frames is such a big no-no on an intranet where the clients are known and there is no need to play to the search spiders - I have used frames and iframes to do this kind of thing but I agree with nedbloggs that it is probably time to rationalise the 2 sites to prevent it getting too messy.

It's just taken about 12 months to sort out the intranet at work after it had 'evolved' for about 5 years.