Oracle® Web Application Programming for PL/SQL® Developers

Unit 6.3. Advanced Framesets

In Chapter 5, “Introduction to HTML: Basic Tags, Tables, and Frames,” you created a two-frame frameset. This frameset is sufficient for the splash page since it does not require a left navigation bar. The Student section, however, requires a left navigation. A nested frame is needed to incorporate this section into our already existing frameset.

Nesting Framesets

First, let’s look at how to nest frames using one frameset.

FOR EXAMPLE

 <FRAMESET ROWS="20%,*"> <FRAME SRC="topnav.htm" NAME="top"> <FRAMESET COLS="30%,*"> <FRAME SRC="students_left_nav.htm" NAME="students_left"> <FRAME SRC="student_search.htm" NAME="students_main"> ...