Web Design
ENG 330


Part 1

November 16

Nov. 23

Today’s topic is frames and iframes. Reading is Web Site Design Made Easy in Chapter 12.
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. The idea is to start planning your organizational web site.


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