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Frames with FlexED on a PC

Getting Started

1. Double click FlexED icon to start the program.
2. Select File/New Frame.
3. A Frame Wizard appears with a variety of options to fill in.

Using the Frame Wizard

1. Choose one of the 5 options for Frames Types .
2. In Src blanks fill in the .html file or the URL that you want to load into that frame.

(Numbers in the Src (1,2,3,..) correspond to the Frame type choice.)
3. Name is optional: If used it is used to assign a name to a frame so it can be targeted by links in other documents. (similar to anchors that allow jumping to a section of a page.
4. Fill in width or height if blanks show.Width -
• Options:  Pixels: type in a number (i.e. 50)
• Percentage: a number followed by % to show percent of the window ( i.e.40%).
• Asterisks to calculate remaining value:   * for the last value will use the remaining amount for the last frame.(i.e. 50 and * or 40% and *)
5. Margin Width or Height are optional: Set the border size of the frame. Use pixels

Scrolling: set to determine if frames will have scroll bars to move around the document loaded in them. Recommended to use Yes or Auto (appear if needed) so users with small screens will be able to see all of your document.
6. No Resize: if selected the user will not be able to change the size of frame windows. This is a bad option if you miscalculate the size of monitors. Leave this unchecked to give users the option to resize if needed.

You should see something like the following in your editor...

<FRAMESET COLS="10%,*">
   <FRAME  SRC="frame1.html" NORESIZE>
   < FRAME SRC="frame2.html">
<NOFRAMES>
This document contains frames
</NOFRAMES> </FRAMESET>


7. Between the NOFRAMES tags you can add information for those that use browsers that don't support frames. Usually a link to another alternative page with same information is recommended. Otherwise users, with a differenct browser will miss out on your information.

Check it out

1. Select File/Save As and name your .html file.
2. Click the Preview button to launch an HTML browser of your choice. (Click the button again if you had to identify one.)
3. Check out those frames.

What? You don't see any frames?
Did you take the Body tags out that are at the very beginning and end of the document?
• Take them out Save and try Preview again.

Note: leave body tags in within the NOFRAME tags if you like.