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<noframes></noframes>

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<noframes> Description:

The <noframes> element indicates the content to be displayed in browser agents that don't support frames.

<noframes> Web Browser Support:

<noframes> Attributes:

<noframes> End Tag:

</noframes> REQUIRED

<noframes> Contents:

html body text. The following tags are valid within the <noframes> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, body, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var

<noframes> Valid Context:

The <noframes></noframes> tag is valid within the following tags:
blockquote, body, button, center, dd, div, fieldset, form, frameset, iframe, li, noframes, noscript, object, td, th

<noframes> Usage:

  • two column frameset
    <html>
    <head><title>A Framed Page</title></head>
    <frameset cols="30%,*" scrolling="auto">
       <frame src="frame1.html" />
       <frame src="frame2.html" />
    <noframes>
    This page is framed, please go here: <a href="frame2.html">frame2.html[/link] for the content.
    </noframes>
    </frameset>
    </html>

<noframes> Special Notes:

  • Using the noframes tag is critical to keep your pages accessible. An easy thing to do is to have a link to the main page of the site as in the above example.

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