Horizontal Frames

This page may have been invoked with the following code, which will eliminate previous frames.  Note the use of target=

   ... presented in a <a href="framesh.htm" target="_top">horizontal</a> format.

The use of frames can be useful and produce a nice appearance for a site. 

Some things I don't like about frames.

1. Frames have been used to make a site appear to have content which it does not.  They have been used to assume credit for someone else's work.  They have been used to discredit someone else.
2. They are hard to bookmark because you will be bookmarking the encompassing frame and may find it difficult to find the frame that you actually want on a later return.
3. People have had their sites incorporated into sites that have advertising and lawsuits have resulted.  To discourage this I have put my location right on the page and have provided an escape.  The escape is easily coded and can be tested on this page. [View without Frames]

Use  View --> Source .  That is what you would be bookmarking, if you were to add a bookmark.  The bookmark may not get you to where you want to be in the future, if you are viewing through frames.  Netscape allows you to see more information  View --> Document Source.

Frequently the ability to move the border between the splits is locked.  That is not the case here, you may move the border just like the borders on the window.

Frames can also be presented in a vertical format.

You can experiment by hitting the frames hypertext repeatedly, and by resplitting vertically.  When you get bored it the Elimination of frames encompassing this page ...   [View without Frames]

A simple way to learn more about frames can be seen at Susan's Boling's pages and specifically her http://www.wfu.edu/~bolinsm5/frames.htm#2frames

To start over with:

rightie6.htm page without any splits.

Single vertical split.

Single horizontal split.