Patent attributes
A website display configured to emulate the look and feel of an application program is created using a border webpage and a content webpage. The border webpage comprises a table having a plurality of border cells surrounding a center cell. The center cell includes an inline frame configured for displaying the content webpage. The border cells each display a corresponding border image. The border images combine to form a border around the inline frame. The border surrounding the inline frame is preferably a four-sided border. The table and its cells are invisible when the border webpage is displayed. When a navigation command is received for accessing and displaying a second content webpage, the second content webpage is displayed in the inline frame in place of the first content webpage, while the border webpage remains static. A resize command for resizing the display area of the web browser, causes the display area and the border webpage and the content webpage to be proportionately resized. Preferably, scroll bars are suppressed by not allowing the display area to be resized below a minimum point at which scroll bars would normally be displayed. Each border image displayed in the border cells of the table may comprise repeated images that are tiled. Tiling the border images in this manner avoid distortion when the border images are resized. In response to resizing the border cells, the repeated images are retiled accordingly.
