Friday, November 13, 2009

Week #11: Frameset

Basic terminology:
A frameset is a container for frames.
A frame is a container for an html page.

Why Framesets?
This allows content to flow through a web site, while certain areas or frames remain on the screen all the time, other areas are dynamic.
Typically a three-frame-frameset would hold the following content 1) the top frame HEADER or Flash Banner, 2) the side frame nav bar, and 3) the mainFrame content area. When an item is clicked on the nav bar, the content would be played in the content area of the page.

Our basic example has two frames in the Frameset.
• The Frameset file will be saved as myFrameset.html.
• The topFrame (topFrame.html) will hold the Menu and the hyperlinks
• Page1.html, Page2.html, and Page3.html will play in the mainFrame (bottomFrame.html).

Here's an example of what we will do this week:


Part 1 HOW TO:


Part 2 HOW TO:

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Frame sets are used in web designing to make certain areas of the application static and some of the areas dynamic.