Before I teach anyone anything regarding frames, I'm going to make this disclaimer: Don't blame me for sites that misuse these frames. I'm going to be as thorough as I can.

1. You need three HTML files. The first is called the frameset and the other two are just like any page you've made before.

2. The frameset assigns which page goes on which frame. Write the frameset like this:

3. Name one page "menu.html" and one "main.html". View the frameset. (Go to File | Open Page on Internet Explorer or Netscape to view.)

4. When linking, and you want a link to open in another frame, write like this (again, take out the dollar signs):

5. When you are linking to a site other than your own, and you don't want people to get caught in your frames, change the target="main" to target="_top" instead. Visitors will appreciate this more than you will ever know.

Now you have frames. You can change the frame names as long as they match the ones on the frameset.