Frames

Section 1 - Introduction
Section 2 - Basics
Section 3 - Next Level
Section 4 - Advanced
      Fancy Lists
      Forms
      Advanced Tables
      Frames
         About frames
         Frameset
         Frame source & name
         Nesting Frames
         Target & Noframes
         Frameset borders, etc.
         Scrolling & Resizing
         Margin width, borders
         IFrame
         Should you? Try it
      Style Sheets
      Image Maps
Section 5 - Publishing
Section 6 - Extras
Appendices

The idea behind frames is to have several HTML documents appear on the page at once. In order to do this, you need to have one page that serves as a master-document. This page contains the frames, much like a store containing picture frames. These frames can be filled with whatever you'd like.

Perhaps we'll start this out by letting you see what empty frames look like. In order to do this lesson, you will need to click on a lot of links because frames don't work inside a normal page well. Here's a start:

View me
That is what a blank page of frames looks like. You'll notice that there is no information within the frames yet. That information will be supplied by you in the form of three HTML documents.

What are the good of frames? Aren't they just multiplying the work you need to do? Perhaps. Frames can be very useful if you NEED two, three or more pages to convey the information you want to present. Sometimes having one frame as a table of contents is useful. Keeping a logo in place while items around it change can be fun. Frames are handy, but not always the easiest way to go. After the tutorial, you make the decision.