Multiple, independently scrollable frames in a single browser screen. Each frame can have its own URL.
Frames can be used to place static objects within the window, such as banners, table of contents, control bars, copyright notices, etc.
Frames also provide the ability to view more than one information source, such as submitting a keyword for searching in one frame and viewing its results in another. Both can be on the screen at one time.
In an html frame document, the tags <frameset> . . . </frameset> replace the <body> tags of a normal html document. The frameset tag can have one of the attributes:
  • ROWS="rowheightvaluelist" where each value is either in pixels or a percent.
  • COLS="columnwidthlist", also is pixels or percents.
Within the frameset tags, only the tags, <frame>, <noframes>, and <frameset> . . . </frameset> (for nested frames) can appear.
  • The <noframes> tag pair can give a normal html body for browsers that don't have frames.

See also color IMAGE Foil 32 Frame Documents in Netscape 2.0 Browsers

From Preparing Web Pages - HTML Presentation: Preparing Web Pages with HTML -- Fall Semester 96. by Nancy McCracken-Foils prepared December 5 1996


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