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HTML Frames Challenge

Create a 2 window frame with a navigation (links) window and a main window. Load 8 search engine links into the navigation window. These links must be organized in a table with 8 separate cells. Set the table border = "1". Target the main window for the links to load.

A few notes on frames

Frame attributes

Beyond the basics attributes of rows and cols the following attributes are applicable (use them after the rows or cols attributes…<frameset rows="150,*" scrolling=no>)

Used within frame src	yields
marginwidth=0	Content flush to side edge
marginheight=0	Content flush to top edge
scrolling=no	No scroll bar
scrolling =auto	Scroll bar if required
noresize	Prevents a frame from size modification

Used within frameset	yields
border=0 (N)	No border
frameborder=0 (IE)	No border
Note: you may be able to get away with using border=0 or frameborder=0, but it is recommended that you include both to ensure that various versions of Netscape and MSIE recognize the tag.

Nesting frames

There are several ways to nest (or divide) frames. The process described below is the probably the simplest approach. It involves thinking similar to creating HTML tables.

Establish in your mind (or on paper) the layout you wish to build.

Determine if primary structures should be designed as columns or rows (i.e how do you wish to split the main window)

Establish an initial HTML frameset (i.e. <frameset cols="2">)
When you reach the point where you would normally add <frame src=a.html>, choose to add another frameset tag (i.e. <frameset rows="2">).
Add additional frame src tags.
Ensure that all frame src tags load a webpage that has been created previously.
Ensure that all frameset tags include a closing (</frameset>) frameset tag.
Test your creation.
Add additional links, targeting as necessary.

Other Notes

Targeting frames can be tricky… Remember that you must name each frame and target that named frame within a link (that usually resides in another window).

It is important to remember that you should only use frames when you need to use frames. Don’t use frames just to show other people that you know how to use them. Don’t use frames because you are lazy and don’t wish to create additional pages with an index. Remember, few websites employ a frameset as a primary page, and those that do use them for a reason.