Javascript Invisionboard oddity

[lvzardoz]

I designed a message board and skin using the free hosting at http://www.invisionfree.com They use a custom Invisionboard setup with restricted options for members (skinning become quite a challenge when you can only modify CSS and not HTML.)

My message board: NewCityVegas.com

The above link is actually a masked redirection to my message board, a feature of the Godaddy.com registrar. To do it, they employ an invisible frame.

Here's the real URL (no invisible frame).

I wanted to reposition the web site screen and make it a maximized window. In the Invisionfree Javascript wrapper code, I added:

<script language=JavaScript>
resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availH eight)
</script>

That didn't work. Loading occured but I only got a blank screen.

So, I made it:

<script language=JavaScript>
moveTo(0,0);
resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availH eight)
</script>

This ALMOST works but I got a skinny left scrollbar instead of a normal one.

So I changed it to this:

<script language=JavaScript>
if(top != self) top.moveTo(0,0);
resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availH eight)
</script>

This generates an error (no permission to manipulate the TOP frame) but otherwise works fine.

Anyone using Javascript who has an idea what's going on with the skinny scrollbar or how to just load the page WITHOUT an error?

[Weevil]

Invision is free... why don't you just host it on your site?

You can't do cross-domain window manipulation, so if _TOP isn't in the same domain, the framed script won't be able to touch it.

Sounds like we must be on the same server. I couldn't get to your site.

[Vin DSL]

Originally posted by Weevil
Invision is free... why don't you just host it on your site?

Yeah, besides IFrames suck ass! They always cause problems. Real WebMASTERS avoid them like the plague...