The <noframes> Tag
A frame document has no <body>. It must not because the browser
ignores any frame tags if it finds any <body> content before it encounters the
first <frameset> tag. A frame
document, therefore, is all but invisible to any nonframes-capable
browser. The <noframes> tag
gives some relief to the frames-disabled.
You should use the <noframes> tag only within the outermost
<frameset> tag of a frame
document. Content between the <noframes> tag and its required end tag
(</noframes>) is not displayed
by any frames-capable browser but is displayed in lieu of other contents
in the frame document by browsers that do not handle frames. The content
of the <noframes> tag can be
any normal body content, including the <body> tag itself.
Although this tag is optional, experienced authors typically
include the <noframes> tag in
their frame documents with content that warns nonframes-capable browser
users that they're missing the show. And smart authors give those users
a way out, if not direct access to the individual documents that make up
the frame document contents.
Remember our first frame example in this chapter? Figure 11-5 shows what happens when that ...