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Solutions: Checkpoint I, frames

It is not recommended, or necessary, that frames be used. However, if you are using frames, they require a meaningful title attribute, as well as equivalent content in a <noframes> element for those agents that do not support frames.

Label frames with <TITLE> tag at the start of your HTML.

<title>Navigation Frame</title>

Label frames inside the frame tag itself using the title and name attributes of the frame tag.

<frame src="frame_nav.htm" name="navigation frame" title="navigation frame">

Once the frames have been named three different times, supply an alternate page users can go to in case their browser does not support frames.

<noframes> Your browser does not support frames. Here is the <a href="main-noframes.html">Non-frame based version of the document.</a> </noframes>


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