Dreamweaver.MX.1002004.The.Missing.Manual [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Chapter 9. Frames

The Web page elements known as frames are both alluring and confusing. They're
alluring because they can display multiple Web pages in a single browser window
one independent Web page per frame. Clicking a link may change the
page in one frame, while leaving the contents of all the other frames untouched.

Frames offer an easy way to compartmentalize different elements within a single
browser window. For instance, you can create separate pages for navigation, banners,
and articles. Each can appear in its own frame, with its own scroll bars (see Figure
9-1).

At the same time, frames can be confusing to build, since they require a multitude
of Web pagesincluding a special master page called a framesetin order to work.
People who create Web pages by typing pure HTML code into a text editor soon
discover that building frames-based Web sites can be a frustrating exercise in file
management. Dreamweaver, on the other hand, reduces much of this complexity by
providing special Frames tools in the Insert bar's Frames tab and letting you preview
exactly how the finished frames will look and work.