How to Create a Frames-Based Web Page With FrontPage

Frames allow you to have several viewable Web pages in a single page. Use frames to keep the navigation bar or your logo visible at all times. You can create frames-based Web pages using FrontPage, Microsoft's WYSIWYG Web design program. This tutorial uses FrontPage 2000.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft FrontPage

1. Start the FrontPage program and open an existing web.

2. Click on the File menu and select New, then Page. A dialog box will appear.

3. Click on the second tab, titled Frames, in the dialog box.

4. Choose the type of frames-based page you wish to use. Click on each option once to see a preview and brief description of the page. Click OK.

5. In the page box, click the Set Initial Page button to insert a page in that frame. Choose the page to be inserted in the dialog box.

6. Click the New Page button to create a new page for that frame. The frame will appear blank so you can add content.

7. Select Save from the File menu when finished. You'll be prompted to save any new pages created within a frame (one by one), then prompted to save the frameset itself.

8. Preview the page in a Web browser by choosing Preview in Browser from the File menu. From the dialog box, choose the browser and settings to view the page.

Tips & Warnings

• A frameset is a page that's divided into separate sections. First the main frame page loads. This main page then calls up the remaining frames, also called source URLs. Each source URL refers to a different Web page to be loaded into that frame.
• Not all browsers are compatible with frames, and not all users like frames. Always offer an alternative page for these viewers. You can specify an alternate browser by double-clicking on the main frameset page and clicking through the steps until you reach the Alternate Page section. Click the Browse button or type the URL of the page.