Creating a Frameset

Frames consist of individual Web pages—one for each frame, held together by a Web page that contains the frameset. The frameset defines the size and position of the individual frames. You can either load an existing Web page into a frame or create a new Web page. The frameset is like the “glue” that holds all the frames together.

When you are creating real projects, you'll probably use the prebuilt framesets that come with Dreamweaver. There are a variety of configurations available by clicking on the icons in the Frames tab of the Insert bar. This hour you'll begin by creating a set of frames in a frameset by hand. This will familiarize you with how frames work, how they are named, and how they are saved.

When you are working ...

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