Troubleshooting Frames

A number of problems can occur when you use frames. The most common is that the page which holds frames must not include the standard <body> tag. This should not be a problem if you use the Frame Wizard to create the frames, as this should check for the existence of this tag and prompt you to delete if it is found. However, if you write the frame tags yourself, you must remember to delete this tag.

Some older browsers cannot display frames. In this case, they should display the text which is enclosed in the <noframes> and the </noframes> tags. The frame wizard automatically places a standard "upgrade your browser" message, but you can change this to your own message, such as a link to a site which does not require frames.

It is possible to crash the browser by specifying one frame to contain the page which defines the frames. This will result in an infinite loop which will crash the browser.