How to embed other websites via iframe / ahref?

Question

I have html site - i would like to do the following

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Link1 website1     | 
Link2 website2     | Mysite
Link3 website3     |
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As you can see, on right side, content will be static - Its from my website.

On left side there is 3 links (a href) - which point to three different domain.

Now how to ensure, when I click on link1, website1 content displayed

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            | 
Website1    | Mysite
            |
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If link2 clicked, Website2 content will be displayed.

bonus question : Embedding other site like this way , cause any security threat to my site?

google gave me this :

but its little different from my requirement

So you want an `iFrame` that changes source when one of the `href`'s is clicked? — Mattios550, Jun 02 '13 at 09:45
Embedding others sites is traditionally done by using ``'s. However, this has been a *no go* for some time now (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/362730/are-iframes-considered-bad-practice). Why do you want to do this instead of opening a new browser window? — Erik Schierboom, Jun 02 '13 at 09:46
@ Mattios550, Yes, that's right. iframe content changes when href is clicked. — webminal.org, Jun 02 '13 at 09:54
@ Erik Schierboom, thanks for the link. I prefer not open a new window. I'll read about them and decide on it. — webminal.org, Jun 02 '13 at 09:56

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 02 '13 at 10:05

5

You should first give your iframe a name, then target your links to that iframe

Example:

<iframe src="external.htm" name="iframe"></iframe>
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com" target="iframe">SO</a>

References:

edited Jun 02 '13 at 10:05

Mark Amery

answered Jun 02 '13 at 09:48

Ramtin Gh

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Cute - I've never played with the `target` attribute on `a` elements much and had no idea this was possible. I was expecting that to do this you would need to change the `src` attribute (or analagous property) of the iframe. – Mark Amery Jun 02 '13 at 09:52
It worked. I placed, SO inside external.html file. Thanks – webminal.org Jun 02 '13 at 10:11