Create a Website with Frames

Before You Proceed!

The frameset and frame tags are not supported in HTML5.

There is a good chance that if you build your website with frames future browsers won't be able to display it properly.

If you are building your website for serious purposes, I recommend you COW to the wishes of the experts and build your site using conventional methods.

In the past, websites that used frames were built by the 'lone wolves' of the internet.

They are definitely frowned upon by the experts, though I'm not really sure who those experts are.

Create a website with frames Maybe they are the people of the W3C. I've never seen one, but I've seen their work.

Visit their site some time and you'll find manuals and docs filled with a lot of gobble d' gook that only they can understand.

The W3C with all of their good intentions has never been able to convince browser developers to adhere to fixed standards. They probably never will. Maybe they don't understand gobble d' gook either.

So, learn to live with the inconsistencies in browser performance.

Look at this site with an IE browser. Then look at it with a Mozilla browser and you'll see slight differences. Live with it!

If you want to create a website using frames, you must resign yourself to the extra work that is involved to do it properly.

If you want your web pages to be found on the search engines, then be prepared to follow instructions.

If this is your first website, you should spend some time learning to build static HTML pages before you attempt this tutorial. You probably won't understand anything that is presented if you don't have a knowledge of HTML.

I'm not a designer. I'm not an artist. Some of you are. Those who possess those gifts will be able to take the simple code that I give them and turn it into a masterpiece. Others like myself without the gifts will be able to create a serviceable website.

I recommend that you read through this entire tutorial before you start working on your frames website. Do not type a line of code until you understand redirection and its purpose.