3 FrameMaker Style Recommendations

3.2 Put graphics in anchored frames

Generally, you want graphics that appear in your FrameMaker document to appear in the converted web document. WebMaker does include the graphics in the converted Web, but only if the graphics are in anchored frames.

The reason that graphics must be in anchored frames is rooted in HTML. HTML does not specify positional information, except for a sequential order in which objects are to be displayed. Frames that are not anchored to a point in the text are positioned absolutely on a FrameMaker page, and there is no indication in the MIF of their position relative to the text. Thus, it is impossible to reliably position the graphical contents of an unanchored frame in the converted web of WWW files. Because of this, WebMaker ignores all objects not belonging to a Text Column. The only way to record the relative order of graphics in a FrameMaker document is to put graphics in anchored frames.

Anchored frames should also be placed in their own paragraphs in the FrameMaker document; see "Attach anchored frames to their own paragraphs" on page 30 for more information.

WebMaker User Guide - 27 SEP 1995

Generated with Harlequin WebMaker