Creating a Frameset

1. Introduction
2. Tools overview
3. Site structure
4. Database creation
5. Site configuration
6. Creating a Frameset
7. Creating the Menu
8. Contents Frame
9. Backend Structure
10. User Admin Page
11. Master Index Page
12. Detail Index Page
13. Conclusion

Frontend

This represents the public part of the website which can be viewed by all users accessing the associated HTTP address using an Internet connection or the local network. To create this part of the site, we'll use Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and PHAkt 2.

The structure of the frontend will rely on the frame concept. This concept was introduced to help web designers publish content in a more organized way. Generally, it is composed of a main document, called frameset and two or more documents called frames. The frameset describes the site layout, the size, position and functionalities of the frame documents that are composing this frameset.

The KTMLtutorial website frontend will have a frameset document named index.php and two frame documents: a left frame containing a dynamic generated menu, named menu.php and a right frame for displaying information, named showpage.php.

When you create a new project, Macromedia Dreamweaver opens a default blank HTML file. You will close this file without saving and go on the site view section of Dreamweaver, right click on KTMLtutorial and select New File. Choose create a new HTML file and save it as showpage.php. In this file create a vertical left side frameset and go in the left part of the newly created frameset.