So I'm finally getting around to rehasing my website and its portfolio of stuff. The previous site (
http://www.avenirex.com/v5/work.php) uses iframes for the portfolio. Pick a topic (Design, photo, etc) > Pick a project in the right iframe, then view it in the left.
I'm debating turning it all over to layers, eg: clicking "design" turns on the "design projects" layer, and selecting a project turns on that specific project's layer (and hides any others).
I only need scrolling in the layer with the project listing, no the project itself, and I found
this to help me out with the div scrolling, so I don't really need iframes.
I like that php can dynamically load what I want within a frame if specified in the link, however, I am considering burning my site onto CD for handing out to firms, and so php would stop working and I'm not going to be able to rely on it.
So, anyway, long question short: if you were building the site, would you suggest I stick with iframes, or dive into the unknown world (I'm up for learning) if hiding and showing stacked divs via links.
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EDIT: In thinking about this just now, I'd imagine that the browser would load all the images at the same time for all project pages, not including those hiddes. That means 5 thumbnails times several dozen individual projects equals quite a large loading time. Unless this isn't the case, this doesn't sound like a good think, as I only want thumbs to load when the user picks a specific project (to cut load time)...
I think I just answered my own question, and I'll stick with iframes and multiply individual pages (not so bad to organize I guess), unless someone has advice otherwise (or a method other than iframes and divs that I'm completely missing)
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