Frames and translated pages

Hi There

I have two frames - topFrame containing menus and mainFrame with the content. I use frames on my site because:
- It speeds up the load (the menu and logo appears while the rest loads) and allows the navigation stuff to only load once.
- It allows me to put all the search engine optimisation stuff in the no-frames content without affecting the load time of the main page display.

My problem is that I want to provide an option for users to translate my content using the Google translation tools. I found a great script to do this (below). My problem is that Google creates a frame on the top of the translated page and I need to be able to remove this if the user clicks on the "Original English" button.

The script below is saved in a file translate.js which is called by another script in the mainFrame on load so it writes the flag buttons.

My feeling is it requires a modification of the line
"if (top != self &&"
but I can't see how to change this to target my mainFrame.


var flag_folder_url = "http://mydomain.com/images/";
var flag_alignment = "h";
var to_translaton_heading = "Click flag to translate<br>";
var to_original_heading = "Click flag for Original<br>";
// SCRIPT BEGINS -- DO NOT CHANGE AFTER THIS POINT
// Function returns a single HTML-formatted hyperlink using a flag graphic.
function translation_link(hl_equals,lp,flag_file,title)
{
var orig_url = document.location.href;
orig_url = orig_url.slice(7, orig_url.length);
escape(orig_url);
if (orig_url.search("%3F") > -1)
orig_url = orig_url.slice(0, orig_url.search("%3F"));
translation_url = "http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2F"
// + hl_equals
+ orig_url
+ "&langpair="
+ lp
+ "&hl=en&safe=of&ie=UTF8"
+ "&prev=%2Flanguage_tools";
full_link = "<a href='" + translation_url + "' title='" + title + "'>"
+ "<img src='" + flag_folder_url + flag_file + "' width='20' height='10' border='0' hspace='1'>"
+ "</a>";
if (flag_alignment == "v")
full_link = full_link + "<br>";
return (full_link)
}
// If the page has not been loaded by Google's translator, then write the link flags.
if (document.location.hostname != "216.239.39.104" &&
document.location.hostname != "216.239.37.104" &&
document.location.hostname != "translate.google.com")
{
trans_links = translation_link("de","en|de","fl_de_sm.gif","Deutsch")
+ translation_link("es","en|es","fl_es_sm.gif","Español")
+ translation_link("fr","en|fr","fl_fr_sm.gif","Français")
+ translation_link("it","en|it","fl_it_sm.gif","Italiano")
}
// Else, the page has been translated. Write the back-to-English link flag.
else
{
var orig_url = document.location.href;
orig_url = orig_url.slice(7, orig_url.length);
orig_url = orig_url.slice(orig_url.search("http"), orig_url.length);
if (orig_url.search("&") > -1)
orig_url = orig_url.slice(0, orig_url.search("&"));

var original_link = "<a href='" + orig_url + "' title='Original English'>"
+ "<img src='" + flag_folder_url + "flag_english.gif'" + " width='30' height='20' border='0'>"
+ "</a>";
document.write(to_original_heading + original_link);
// document.write("<br><br>REFERER<br>" + document.location.referer);
};
// Bust out of Google's frame if we're not looking at a translated page.
if (top != self &&
document.location.hostname != "216.239.39.104" &&
document.location.hostname != "216.239.37.104" &&
document.location.hostname != "translate.google.com")

top.location.replace(unescape(window.location.path name));
// SCRIPT ENDS

You want to bust out of google's frame even if it is a translated page?

The conditional tests for the frame ~ top != self
and if is not any of 3 possible locations for a translated page

Assuming you want to bust out no matter what anyway.
Comment out the code


and try using:


This may bust out of your frame too, but it's worth a try.