FP98: How to Create and Use a Frames Page

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A frames page is a special Web page that defines a set of named, scrollable regions, in which other pages are displayed. Initially, each frame contains three buttons:

Set Initial Page      Refers to the Web page that is displayed the first
                      time you open a frames page in your Web browser. When
                      you click Set Initial Page, the Create Hyperlink
                      dialog box appears. You can then select which page
                      you want to be displayed in the frame.


New Page              Creates a new, blank page in the current frame. You
                      can set this page as the initial page that will be
                      displayed when you open the frames page in your Web
                      browser.

Help                  Opens the "Getting Started with Frames" Help topic,
                      which provides a quick-start guide to using frames.

				

When you create a frames page in FrontPage Editor, two additional tabs will appear at the bottom of the FrontPage Editor window. These are:

No Frames             Shows how the content will appear when a browser that
                      does not support frames is used to open the page.

Frames Page HTML      Shows the frames page HyperText Markup Language
                      (HTML) code, which consists of the <HTML>, <BODY>,
                      <FRAMESET>, and <FRAME> tags. Other HTML tags,
                      normally used in HTML documents, are not valid tags
                      in a frameset page.

				

To create a frames page, start FrontPage Editor and then use one of the following methods:

Method 1: The New command on the File menu

1. On the File menu, click New.
2. Click the Frames tab.
3. Select the frames page you want to use. Note that when you select a frames page, a description and preview appear to the right of the frames list.
4. Click OK.

Method 2: The New Frames Page command on the Frame menu

1. On the Frame menu, click New Frames Page.
2. Select the frames page you want. Note that when you select a frames page, a description and preview appear to the right of the frames list.
3. Click OK.

Resizing a Frames Page

To resize a frame, drag the frame border to resize the frame area.

Splitting a Frame

To split a frame, hold down CTRL and drag the frame border. A new frames page will be inserted next to the original frames page.

Deleting a Frame

To delete a frame, select the frame and then click Delete Frame on the Frame menu.