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Re: Set iframe src without default.

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Matt McDonald wrote:

> On Wed, 8 May 2013, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> If [JavaScript] is not enabled then I still need at least something
>> to display.
> 
> I have the following suggestions to contribute:
> 
>     1. Conceal the iframe with an HTML class that utilises
>     `visibility: hidden`. Perhaps you could display some alternate
>     content and then hide that with a script. That is, alternate
>     content such as an image would be displayed before scripting
>     runs. Once scripting runs, the iframe would be displayed and
>     the image would be concealed.

This would mean that in the worst case both image and iframe are displayed; 
that is, both image and iframe would be indexed by a search engine.  Bad 
idea.
 
>     2. Point the iframe to a nonexistent URI (*e.g.*,
>     http://www.null.invalid). The alternate content inside of the
>     iframe would therefore be displayed.

Or an error message would be displayed, and a search engine would detect a 
broken link in the HTML document.  Bad idea.

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Set iframe src without default. Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-08 08:08 +1000
  Re: Set iframe src without default. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-05-08 01:14 +0200
    Re: Set iframe src without default. Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-08 13:18 +1000
      Re: Set iframe src without default. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2013-05-08 08:45 +0300
        Re: Set iframe src without default. Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-08 16:53 +1000
          Re: Set iframe src without default. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2013-05-08 10:25 +0300
  Re: Set iframe src without default. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2013-05-08 08:50 +0300
  Re: Set iframe src without default. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-08 10:25 +0200
    Re: Set iframe src without default. Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-05-09 00:12 +0200
      Re: Set iframe src without default. Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-05-09 02:06 +0200
        Re: Set iframe src without default. Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-05-09 11:34 +0200
          Re: Set iframe src without default. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-12 17:46 +0200
  Re: Set iframe src without default. Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-05-08 11:35 +0200
    Re: Set iframe src without default. Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-08 20:58 +1000
      Re: Set iframe src without default. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-08 14:33 +0200
        Re: Set iframe src without default. Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-09 10:10 +1000
          Re: Set iframe src without default. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-05-09 09:33 +0100
          Re: Set iframe src without default. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-09 12:26 +0200
      Re: Set iframe src without default. Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2013-05-08 18:52 -0400
        Re: Set iframe src without default. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-09 12:30 +0200

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