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The Mechanics of Web Page Design:
Errors When Using
Frames
It seems that many who use frames make the same common errors.
Therefore the reason for this page.
Common Error #1
Capture of foreign pages within the frame set. For an example
of what not to do, click
on the link for
CyberSpace Law. You will need to hit the 'back' button to return.
This is easily fixed. Try it now
CyberSpace Law 2.
The fix, use the format,
<a href="http://URL for foreign site" target="_top">whatever</a>.
If none of your links are local you can use an alternate.
Put the construct <base target="_top"> within the <head> </head> tags on your page.
Common Error #2
Losing a reader within one of your frames. This can
happen if say, a search engine dumps your reader into a
frame with no index visible. The fix, include a site logo
on every main page, similar to mine above, and
a way back to your frame set, similar to mine below.
You will note a change of format here.
I've switched to W3C specification 4.0 from 3.2
for new pages. In addition I'm experimenting with
different formatting techniques.
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