Frames

[Franky000]

Ok, i'm new to XHTML (or any form of web design), so bear with me. Basically, I am using the frames below as a template for a web site which consists of four different pages, with each one having the same set of frames -

- a frame at the top for the heading
- a frame in the middle for the main body of text
- a frame down the side for links to other pages

1. How do I create the actual individual web pages;
2. How do I insert the frames within them, i.e.link them up;
3. How do I enter information within the frames.

I have no idea what im doing so go easy with me

Thanks.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>

<!-- header - edit "Data/yourXhtmlHeader" to customize -->
<!-- contents - edit "EventHandlers/XML file/onCreate" to customize -->

<title>Title</title>

</head>
<frameset rows="15%,*">
<frame name="title" src = "titleframepage.html" frameborder="0"/>
<frameset cols="20%,*">
<frame name= "links" src = "linksframepage.html" frameborder="0"/>
<frame name="main" src = "mainframepage.html" frameborder="0"/>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>

 

[gamex]

Hey Franky, welcome to NP!

Take a look at this tutorial: http://academ.hvcc.edu/~kantopet/old/xhtml/index.php?page=xhtml+frames. On the left nav bar, 10a through 10g are all frame tutorials. Take a look at that to learn the basics, and if you still have questions, let me know and I would be happy to help.

Joe

 

[adam_uk]

frames are not part of the xhtml strict specification so you wont be coding valid markup.

seriously, skip frames do some more reading and do it the easier way.

 

[mch]

Frames are really not advised to use anymore, it makes the layout too... rigid, I'd say. Try to look into CSS positioning. It might be a little confusing in the beginning but you can do miracles with it.