frames

Hello all... I have two frames, a header and a main frame (top and bottom) and need to be able to show the difference between a user being logged on and not logged on. I cannot use HTTP_AUTH, I must use $PHP_SELF and reload the page with different links. The problem is, my top frame is not recognizing this. I understand why, but cannot figure out how I am going to pass the value of (boolean) '$bLoggedIn' to the header frame... Does this make sense? Is this possible? thanks for the help! bryan Bryan Fitch Programmer Concept-Factory http://www.concept-factory.com bryan@concept-factory.com