iframe 'whats the better option?'

[old guy]

Hi,

 

I've embeded some maps & forms on my web site using <iframe> & noticed that they don't all show up in chrome & are unsupported in IE but look fine in firefox.

 

I've read in this forum that using <iframe> is not the best way to embed stuff, but I haven't read what the alternatives are?

 

Can anyone explain other ways of embeding that get better results in 'all' browsers? Thanks.

 

old guy.

[niche]

There's <embed>

 

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_embed.asp

[Ingolme]

Actually, the <iframe> should work well for embedding media, but you should only use it for plug-ins (of which Flash is one of the only ones still supported by browsers). The <object> and <embed> elements are also used for Flash, but <iframe> is realiable. <iframe> is supported by all browsers, if it's not working then there's something you're doing wrong.

 

If you're embedding a Youtube video, <iframe> is best because it allows Youtube to choose between an HTML 5 player and a Flash player. If you embedded a youtube video with <object> or <embed> then mobile devices would not be able to play the video because they don't support Flash.

 

If you want a form on your page, just put the <form> tags right on the page and forget about the <iframe>.

 

For Google Maps you don't need an iframe either. You just need some Javascript on the page. Read the W3Schools tutorial on Google Maps.

[old guy]

Thanks,

 

The form was created on google drive & that embeded & works fine using <iframe> but the map as I mentioned doesn't work in Chrome. Not sure I could get the code wrong?

 

<iframe src="full http web address" width="880" height="520" ></iframe>

But maybe I have? So why would this not show up in a chrome browser & be unsupported in IE?

 

Thanks.

(I'll look into the js/api from google)

[Ingolme]

What kind of map is it?

[old guy]

Hi,

 

Its a google map. But I have solved the issue now, it was nothing to do with the code. I reset the chrome browser & now everything loads as it should. No idea what was blocking it from loading in chrome?

 

From what you've said it sounds like <iframe> is the better option or possibly the js option. I will look into that with google. If anyone knows of any other options it would be good to know. Thanks.

 

old guy.