I'm a semi-newbie to web design. Been doing it for awhile but have been leaning on the Dreamweaver crutch the whole time.

I need some advice about a site I'm designing for my band. We have a regular site, but this one will be specifically for our new album, with just album-related info on it. Check out this rough template:



I think I want some sort of frames set-up where the outer border (including header and bottom text links) stays static, and the content changes in the middle when the text links are clicked - a frames sort of thing. However, I want the page to be small (600x400) and to have a border around the whole thing (as is in the above picture), but I could not seem to get this effect with frames in Dreamweaver.

I've come across "iframes" in trying to figure this out, though I'm not quite sure what they are or how to use them. Does anyone know if iframes would be a good solution for my desired outcome? I'm sure I can dig up some tutorials on iframes, so my main question is whether iframes are an appropriate tool for what I want to do.

Any help would certainly be most appreciated!

There are some including myself who recommend not using frames at all. If any of your visitors have frames turned off or are using a browser that doesn't support frames (including iFrames) they will need to access the info elsewhere.

However, I think most newer browsers off support for iFrames, so it is worth a try.

You might want a separate page with a link to it for users without frames.

Here is iFrame code if you need it. Since you are formating at 600x400, I have set the frame to 550x300 to fit inside. If this doesn't fit, they can always be changed. Keep in mind that your linked pages will have to fit inside this (based on whatever size you use for the iFrame.

The <Hr>'s were just something I put in so I could remember where I put my iFrames.

<Center>
<hr width="50%" size="1">
<p><iframe name="My iFrame" src="http://frontpageforms.com" target="_self" height="300" width="550" align="middle">
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.
</iframe></p>
<hr width="50%" size="1">
</Center>