Web Design
ENG 330


Part 1

November 12

Nov. 19

  • Iframes sites of the day from
Today’s topic is frames. Take a look back at what McIntire says about them in Visual Design for the Modern Web in Chapter 3 (p. 111).
Recognize that some designers such as Jakob Nielsen hate frames: (and he’s not blunt about it): <NOFRAMES>. But there still are some creative sites that use them such as Rivertrout. For another look at current design, mostly commercial, (formerly featuring iframes) see TheBestDesigns and linkdup (more Flash-based).

You should be able to understand a frameset that looks like this: Frames example

For Dreamweaver, take a look at

  • the Dreamweaver Help Pages-Introduction-Guided tour of Dreamweaver. The link for downloads (trial version, documentation) is here (you'll need to register). Also, there are free tutorials at About.com.


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