Frames; Forms - Avaya 4600 Series Administrator's Manual

Creating Web Sites for the 4630/4630SW IP Telephone
Although URLs allow you to use various protocols, use only HTTP and HTTPS for the 4630 IP
Telephone Web Browser.
<a> specifies the full or relative URL for a hyperlink. When using the target attribute, never
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use the _blank name. With the exception of frames, the 4630 IP Telephone Web Browser
is not intended to be a multi-window browser. Thus, if a page attempts to reference a new,
non-frame window, the browser becomes confused and a reboot is necessary.
<base> defines the default target to be used in all <a> tags. This is done by setting the
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target attribute of the <base> tag. If the target attribute is set in the <a> tag, the <base> tag
value is ignored.
Using the target attribute with the Web Access Application is strongly discouraged because the
application supports a single window for browsing. The use of the target attribute can cause the
browser software to create a new window that is outside the Web Access Application's control.

Frames

Frames allow multiple windows to be created on the browser's base window. The browser is
effectively split up into multiple areas. Each frame can be given a name or ID. Using the target
attribute of the <a> tag, a Web page can be displayed in another frame.
Although frames behave as defined, the small size of the screen makes them impractical to use.
Just like tables, frames take up too much room on the display. One can, though, take advantage
of frames by having a small "table of contents" frame with images for links. In general, however,
use of frames is strongly discouraged.
<frameset> defines an area for a set of frames.
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<frame> defines a single frame in a frameset.
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<iframe> defines an in-line frame.
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<noframes> provides a fallback for browsers that don't handle frames. If the designer
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intends to use frames and make these pages available to the telephone, this tag should
certainly be employed.
See the Design Guidelines

Forms

HTML forms provide the user the ability to enter data into a Web browser. This data can then be
passed to the Web server for processing. It is difficult to predict what Web designers might have
in mind for the 4630 IP Telephone Web Browser. However, all forms-related tags have been
verified, and the results are presented here.
<form> defines the basic input form, and defines the action to be performed when the
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Submit button is selected, through the action attribute.
158 4600 Series IP Telephone LAN Administrator Guide
on page 161 for information on displaying frames.