[FX.php List] thoughts on FX.php in an IFRAME?

[Joel Shapiro]

Hi all

A client for whom I'm designing an FX.php site wants the design of  
the FX part of their site to match the rest of their (static) site.   
Their main design includes a wide graphic along the top, and a tall  
graphic along the left side (both with imagemap links) -- all within  
a body-filling table, with misc. colspans, etc.

The FX.php pages are mostly completed, functionality-wise, but the  
design doesn't match their new site.  (They've known I've been  
waiting for their design templates since I started working on the  
project, but only sent them to me this week -- and they do understand  
that I'll now need to do some re-designing).

At first I was thinking I'd place their graphics (and respective  
imagemaps) as included files in my php files.  Then I started  
thinking maybe it would be easier to just use their base page/ 
template and place my FX.php site within an IFRAME object in one of  
their table cells.  I did a quick test and both GET and POST requests  
seem to work as expected, even though the displayed url remains at  
the main page (even an .html).

I generally stay away from using frames, but this could be a quicker  
implementation than re-formatting all my FX.php pages to fit their  
structure.

Note: Their static site is hosted elsewhere, while their FMSA/WPE  
server is located in their office.  I haven't tested yet if the main  
page (that holds the IFRAME) functions differently when located at  
their external webhost or locally on their FMSA box).

I'd be happy to keep their costs down, but not at the expense of a  
less stable / weaker etc. site.

Any thoughts/experience/advice?

TIA,
-Joel