Question

I want to load content of my page inside a div element using this function:

function loadmypage(DIV, pageURL)
{
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {// code for IE6, IE5
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
  {
  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
    {
    document.getElementById(DIV).innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
    }
  }
xmlhttp.open("GET", pageURL ,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}

However when I click on a link inside the ‘frame’ itself, the function doesn’t work. I guess the reason for that that the target element is in different page from the loaded page
itself.

So my question is: Is there any way to make div element behave like an iframe in loading the whole page inside the frame itself?

PS: I am not allowed to use iFrame for security reasons neither jQuery for efficiency reasons.
links in the main page load the target normally, the problem appears when i click at any link inside these pages.

 <div id="nav" class="mmenu">
                                <ul type="none">

                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('viewMessages.php')">Messages</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('userHomepage.php')">My Conferences</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('availableConferences.php')">Conferences</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('incomingRequests.php')">Requests</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= #>News</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= #>Options</a></li>


                                        </ul>
                                    </div>
                            </fieldset>

                                        <div id="collabsoft" class="collabsoft">

Answer 1

Your links don’t work because you’re missing your div argument. Notice your function:

function loadmypage(DIV, pageURL)
{
...

The first argument is DIV, and you’re passing the pageURL only.

<li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('viewMessages.php')">Messages</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('userHomepage.php')">My Conferences</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('availableConferences.php')">Conferences</a></li>
                                            <li><a  href= "javascript:loadmypage('incomingRequests.php')">Requests</a></li>