HTML Frames

Most Webmasters will tell you they hate frames, but knowing how to use them is the first step to creating compelling framed pages. Frames used to be a Netscape only technique, but they have been added to the HTML 4.0 specification. They give you many more options for different looking pages that serve many purposes.

How to Use the HTML <base> Tag
The base tag helps Web designers work on testing servers without having to do a lot of editing when a page is ready to go live. Plus you can use it to change the default frame target.

Frames Tips
Learn how to use HTML frames, including how to target links to specific frames and how to use the noframes HTML frames tag.

Noframes - The Key to Usable and Accessible Frames
Noframes helps you provide a site even if your customers can't use frames. Get help learning to use one of the lesser used frames tags - noframes.

frameborder - HTML Attribute
Description of the frameborder attribute.

FRAMESET Tag
Create frames of your web pages with the HTML FRAMESET tag.

border Attribute for FRAMESET
Learn about the border attribute for the FRAMESET tag

FRAME Tag
The FRAME tag creates frames within a frameset. This is a description of the HTML FRAME tag.

NOFRAMES Tag
Description of the NOFRAMES tag to create accessible HTML framesets.

HTML Frames and Website Optimization (Speed)
Learn how HTML frames affect the speed of your web pages, and what you can do to improve them.

Targeting Links in HTML IFrames and Frames
Make the links in your frames open in a new frame or the existing one. Using targets is important if you keep your navigation in a frame. Learn how to make your links in your navigation frame open in your main frame.

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