Neutron2k — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:39:14 +0000

Frames are a bad move for any web site. They have a history of not being browser friendly, and the search engines do not index the main frameset (the main html file that holds the frames).

I would highly reccommend you get away from using frames as soon as possible. No good can come from them. If your new to web development, use tables to layout your site. If your new and using dreamweaver, use templates and library items to help with the maintenance issue of updating numerous pages.

If you have access to server technology such as asp or php, use Server Side Includes so that you can share a header between numerous pages from one file.

If your more advanced at web development, ditch tables and use CSS to layout your sites and make use of SSI for the ultimate efficient web site

timjpriebe — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:54:04 +0000

I'm no SEO expert, but I believe that's a problem inherent with frames. My understanding is that if you use frames, they may not all fully get indexed by Google.

Here's a random article on SEO and frames I found online:

http://seo.gympieonline.com/frames-seo-article.html

What is your reason for using frames? Is it so that you only have to edit one copy of the menu? If so, you might consider using PHP files and doing an include. There's more info here:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.asp