Frame Tags
You need to know only two tags in order to create a frame
document: <frameset> and
<frame>. In addition, the HTML 4 and XHTML standards provide the
<iframe> tag, which you may use
to create inline, or floating,
frames, and the <noframes> tag
to handle browsers that cannot handle frames.
A frameset is simply the
collection of frames that make up the browser's window. Column- and
row-definition attributes for the <frameset> tag let you define the number
of and initial sizes for the columns and rows of frames. The <frame> tag defines which document—HTML
or otherwise—initially goes into the frame within those framesets
and is where you may give the frame a name to use for
document hyperlinks.
Here is the HTML source we used to generate Figure 11-1:
<html>
<head>
<title>Frames Layout</title>
</head>
<frameset rows="60%,*" cols="65%,20%,*">
<frame src="frame1.html">
<frame src="frame2.html">
<frame src="frame3.html" name="fill_me">
<frame scrolling=yes src="frame4.html">
<frame src="frame5.html">
<frame src="frame6.html" id="test">
<noframes>
Sorry, this document can be viewed only with a
frames-capable browser.
<a href = "frame1.html">Take this link</a>
to the first HTML document in the set.
</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>
Figure 11-1. A simple six-panel frame layout
Notice a few things in the simple frame example and its rendered image (Figure 11-1). First, like tables, the browser ...
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