Frames

There is an alternative to the <BODY> </BODY> tags for determining content for your web page. You may use the <FRAMESET> </FRAMESET> tags to divide you browser window into smaller regions called FRAMES.

Below is an example of how the browser can be divided into frames.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Two Frames</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<FRAMESET COLS="30%,*" frameborder="0">
 <FRAME SRC="demoOptions.html" NAME="demoOptions" NORESIZE SCROLLING = AUTO>
 <FRAME SRC="imageMap.html" NAME="main" NORESIZE SCROLLING = AUTO>

 <NOFRAMES>
 The browser can not display frames. :-(
 </NOFRAMES>
</FRAMESET>

</HTML>

The content of a frame must direct the links to a specific target. The targets are the frame names or special target names that direct the content special locations. For example, some of the demoOptions.html code is given below. The last target _top directs the content to the window containing all of the frames.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>demoOptions.html</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<A HREF="imageMap.html" TARGET="main">[Image Map]</A>
 <A HREF="rectangle.html" TARGET="main">[Rectangle]</A> 
<A HREF="circle.html" TARGET="main">[Circle]</A> 
<A HREF="polygon.html" TARGET="main">[Polygon]</A> 
<A HREF="default.html" TARGET="main">[Default]</A> 
 
<A HREF="../cs101.htm.html" TARGET="_top">[Web Design]</A>

</BODY>
</HTML>