Q. How to make frames for web documents?

Intelligent use of frames can give your pages a cleaner look and make easier to navigate. The fundamental concept goes like this: Every frame is a regular, complete HTML document. If you want to lay out your page into two frames placed side by side, then you will put one complete HTML document in left frame and another complete HTML document in right frame. Along with you need to write a third HTML document. This MASTER PAGE comprise <FRAME>tags which specify what goes where. Dividing a page into frames is in fact quite simple.

There are only two main frame tags that you need to learn: <FRAMESET>and <FRAME>. The easiest way to describe them is to start making some frames. As an aspiring computer professional, you will be well advised to learn HTML tags in detail. Don't use HTML editors unless you know HTML, just as you wouldn't let a child use a calculator unless she already knows her arithmetic well. Once you have a good knowledge of HTML, you can then save labour by employing different tools. Tools might not offer flexibility which you can get through hand coding HTML. So they must be used judiciously. Of course, this advice isn't meant for lay persons who want to make web pages.

We will now need some HTML documents. We would give every document a name. Make a new folder somewhere and create first HTML file as One.htm. Now create another html document. Save this in same folder as Two.htm. Do the same for Three, Four, Five, and Six. Now save them just like others. You must now have a folder which contains 6 complete standalone HTML documents.