Framed Web Pages

A frames page is a special kind of HTML page that divides the browser window into different areas called frames, each of which can display a different page. Clicking a hyperlink on a page in one frame usually displays the page pointed to by that hyperlink in another frame.

A frames page itself contains no visible content: It's just a container that specifies which other pages to display and how to display them. When you click a hyperlink on a page displayed in one frame, the page pointed to by that hyperlink typically is displayed in another frame, called the target frame.

Frames pages are often used for catalogs, lists of articles, or any other kind of page where clicking a hyperlink in one frame displays a page in another frame. Authors use frames pages because they contain built-in navigation and present a consistent user interface (that is, the structure and layout of frames).

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