Introduction To Frames :Frames divide a browser window into several pieces or panes, each pane containing a separate
HTML page. One of the key advantages that frames offer is that you can then load and reload
single panes without having to reload the entire contents of the browser window. A collection of frames in the browser window is known as a frameset...
When To Use Frames :Before I show you what frames are capable of, I should mention that whether you use them is very much a matter of taste. A lot of beginners use frames in their sites, particularly creating one for navigation and the other for content. But then as they learn more about HTML and XHTML they tend to move toward using tables for layout and, increasingly, CSS...
The Frameset Element :The <frameset> element replaces the <body> element in frameset documents. It is the attributes of the <frameset> element that specify how the browser window will be divided up into rows and columns; these attributes are as follows:..
The Frame Element :The frame element indicates what goes in each frame of the frameset. The frame element is always an empty element, and therefore should not have any content, although each <frame> element should always carry one attribute, src, to indicate the page that should represent that frame...
The Noframes Element :If a user's browser does not support frames (an increasingly rare eventuality these days), the contents of the <noframes> element should be displayed to the user...
Creating Links Between Frames :One of the most popular uses of frames is to place navigation bars in one frame and then load the pages with the content into a separate frame. This is particularly helpful in three situations:..