Frames

Before we start I feel I should warn you: there's no very good reason for you to create pages that contain frames.

Way back in 1996, Jakob Nielsen wrote Why Frames Suck and nothing's changed to make them any less sucky since then. (Want more? Have a look at the international I hate frames club)

That being said, you still need to know about HTML frames because

1. Your website could be caught in someone else's frameset


2. You might have to work on a pre-existing web site based on frames, and


3. it's in the syllabus :-)

So, what is a frameset? Have a look at QuirksMode for an example. Use the site to see how the use of frames affects it, then look at the page source.

Why would a modern site about JavaScript, CSS and the W3C DOM use frames? It's hard to find pros, but frames do have some advantages.

Wanna build a frameset of your very own? Let's have a look at what W3Schools have to say

That should be all we need to know about building frames.

Now, let's see about escaping from other people's framesets.

Why is being stuck in a frameset such a problem? Have a look at this exercise and you'll get to see first hand. And here's how to go about escaping a frameset