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Where
you are: Making
Frames Work for You When frames are used on a page, they automatically split a browser window to display parts of two or more webpages at once. The most common use of frames is for navigation — one section displays site navigation tools while another frame displays the featured information. It's kind of like always having an index in view as you read a book. As you may have found out the hard way, sites using frames can often prove tricky when you try to bookmark or print a certain page. Here's a few tips and tricks to help make frames work for you: Bookmarking a page within frames As you click from page to page within a framed site, the URL in your browser's location bar may not change. This is because the main frame that is displaying the information is the same one that displayed the home page. This is a problem if you want to bookmark a specific page in the site. All you'll be bookmarking is the home page's address. Fortunately, there is a way around this. For Netscape users, hold down your mouse button (single button for Mac, right button for Windows) in the frame you want to bookmark. In the menu that appears, select "new window with this frame," and bookmark the new page that appears. Using Internet Explorer, go back a page from the one you want to bookmark. Locate the link for the page you want to bookmark. Click the link and hold down the mouse button (single button for Mac, right button for Windows). Select "add link to favorites" from the pop-up menu. Resizing frames If you come to a page and you can't see all of the contents of one of the frames, you may be able to resize that frame. Move your mouse pointer to the bar between the frames, click and try to drag the border as needed. Printing frames Netscape won't let you print a framed site the way it appears on your screen; you can only print one frame at a time. To print a particular frame, single click somewhere (not on a link) inside the frame until the border of the frame becomes selected (it's very subtle). Then, choose "print frame" from Netscape's file menu. Internet Explorer gives you more options. You can print one frame, each frame individually, or all the frames as they appear on your screen. Refreshing or reloading a frame Hitting the "reload" button on your browser will reload all the frames. If you want to reload just one frame, move your pointer to the frame you want to reload. Single click and hold down your mouse button (single button for the Mac and right button for Windows) until a menu appears. Choose the "refresh the frame" option. Viewing a frame's source
code Web designers frequently like to look at the source coding
of a particular page to learn new tricks. Click and hold the mouse button
(single for Mac, right button for Windows) on the frame you want to view.
Select the "view source" or "view frame source" option
that appears in the menu. Tip: There are Graphic Design classes in your area. Sign up for FREE information from top design schools.  Some
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rames
can be an extremely useful or extremely frustrating part of a webpage.
Most everyone who surfs the Web has an opinion about the use of frames.
They either love ‘em or hate ‘em. The truth is that, if you're
overly aware of them, they're probably not being used correctly. The dislike
that some people have towards frames mostly comes from having been frustrated
by them.
