[meteorite-list] TO: Use of Frames on Websites

From: Ken O'Neill <kenoneill_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:59 2004
Message-ID: <001301c343f3$c43b9960$3d42869f_at_btek.org>

Hi Walter,

Here is a link to some info on authoring using frames :

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/frames/index.html

As you will see from the dates of these articles there is not much new in
frames and designers now tend to use Style sheets and tables to control
placement of content.

You have to use the noframes tag for the people whose browsers cannot handle
frames. The noframes tag allows you to set an alternative set of links to
navigate your site. Another drawback with frames is how Search Engines
catalogue the content of your site. Their "spiders" can get confused and not
get past page 1 if coded incorrectly. The upshot of this is the failure of
the search engine to list you. If a potential visitor is in google and
searching for "meteorite" unless your listed they will never find you.

There are a few more drawbacks such as visitors can get stuck in your frames
when trying to go elsewhere, this can get annoying. Again this problem would
be down to bad coding.

All in all frames can give attractive results if coded correctly but today
frames is not the favoured choice in web layouts. Style sheets and tables
can make life a lot easier.

Webmonkey will give you some good idea's and caters for all levels of web
design.

Hope this is of some help.

Regards

Ken O'Neill

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Walter Branch
Sent: 06 July 2003 17:15
To: Meteorite Mailing List
Subject: [meteorite-list] TO: Use of Frames on Websites


Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the OT post. Could someone who is a little more tech savvy than
myself tell me, are there any web browsers that can not handle frames? I am
considering a redesign of my website because I plan to get much more
material soon and I thought of using frames. Some sites use frames and son
don't. Are there any technical advantages or disadvantages to using frames?
Thanks.

-Walter
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Received on Sun 06 Jul 2003 03:21:10 PM PDT