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HOW TO SHOW YOUR DOMAIN in the URL bar

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HOW TO SHOW YOUR DOMAIN in the URL bar
April 02, 2008 11:03PM

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Thanks to the folks at www.858graphics.com - they have demonstrated how to run the RTD inside their web page so that the realtimedesigner.com address is not shown in the URL bar at the top of the screen. Your users will never know that you are running the RTD on our server.

The code snippet below shows how this is done. There may be more to it than pasting this code into your homepage, but this gives you something to start with. Try googling "iframe" for more info.

Thanks Guys - we look forward to your input!

<iframe src="yoururl" width="100%" height="100%" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2008 08:47PM by Admin.

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Admin

Re: HOW TO SHOW YOUR DOMAIN in the URL bar
April 05, 2008 09:42AM

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"
Hers a sample fo the code we used to run the RealTimeDesigner inside my signs URL

<HTML>
<body>
<iframe src="http://designer.realtimedesigner.com/stickerz/index.php&tng=Y3BpPTc1JmNwaXM9MTQwJmNwaXNfdz0yMiZjcGlzX2g9MTImY3RpZz0w"; width="100%" height="100%" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
</body>
</html>

You can see the code in action here: http://www.magneticsigns.com/design_a_magnet.html

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cos

Re: HOW TO SHOW YOUR DOMAIN in the URL bar
April 10, 2008 07:05AM

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The problem with iframes and RTD is the dialog window that the designer produces when changing an option. The design area is fine, but anytime you have a dialog window pop up, for instance - the clipart dialog, the dialog box can get hidden around behind the borders of the iframe. One very troublesome dialog is when changing the product from within the frame. The whole catalog is really wide and extends off the iframe and is cut off. If you somehow manage to move the dialog under the edge of the iframe you can loose the ability of close the dialog window altogether except by clicking on some item to escape out of it.

This method is extremely confusing to the user. So here's the question for RTD team:

Is it possible to make a way to lock in the dialogs to keep within the iframes or make them pop up above the iframe window? I think the dialogs for the most part are way oversized anyway. A more elegant solution to this in the future would be a nice.

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Admin

Re: HOW TO SHOW YOUR DOMAIN in the URL bar
April 10, 2008 07:38AM

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Registered: 16 years ago
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All of that is possible in the future, but for now you should restrict your use of the iframe to simply use it as a tool to hide the URL - any formatting your force onto the iframe may conflict with the requirements of the designer. For now you should try to work with the formatting controls that you have available inside the realtimedesigner.

We are currently working on several new ideas for the "look" of the designer including "skins" and giving you full control of the css.

Thanks for your input,
Mark

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cos

Re: HOW TO SHOW YOUR DOMAIN in the URL bar
April 10, 2008 09:01AM

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Totally agreed. Not worth the extra trouble for this at this time.

The user experience is more important.

Thanks, looking forward to the future.