Hand coding question - Frames

programming web dev
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Hope I can post this here - I am using notepad to hand code …

I am working to learn frames and have got off to a good start, but now I need a little advice. I wll post my page at the end of this post so you can look at the HTML. Here goes

  1. How do I get the homepage to open in the right frame when the site opens (I get the site not found page)

  2. If I want the links page to open in a different window, can you tell me what to do?

Thank you in advance, please note that I am a new comer to html, so can you tell me exactly where to place any new code that you tell me about.

http://www22.brinkster.com/tallpox

PS no adds on this site:)

2

you upload right.html into the same directory as index.htm (make sure that it is HTML NOT HTM because you wrote HTML in your code.)

3

  1. http://www22.brinkster.com/tallpox/right.html does not exist and that is why you are getting a page not found error in the right frame :wink:

  2. <A TARGET="_blank" HREF=“url”>link</A> will open your link in a new window.

4

Thanks guys, I now have the links page opening up in a seperate window. But I need to ask yeldarb, I don’t have a right.html

What do I need to put in this html page? Thank you both.

5

whatever you want to be in the right frame
(lost said this too :P)

6

This is your current code

<html>
<head><title>Home</title></head>


<frameset Cols="150,*">
<frame name="left" src="left.html">
<frame name="right" src="right.html">

</frameset>







</html>

First you are missing the BODY tag…

<html>
<head><title>Home</title></head>
<body>

<frameset Cols="150,*">
<frame name="left" src="left.html">
<frame name="right" src="right.html">

</frameset>






</body>
</html>

2nd, to edit what goes in the right frame, edit the SRC attribute of the frame on the right (in this case it is the framed named “right”)

7

Yes I have done it now. Thanks fellows. One thing I should mention. In the book I have it tells me that the frameset tag replaces the body tag?

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it can, but it’s still good practice to put it in there :slight_smile: