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  • All Frame Elements are required to contain the title attribute
  • All Frameset Elements are required to contain the noframes element

  1. All Frame Elements are required to contain the title attribute
  2. All Frameset Elements are required to contain the noframes element

 

1. All Frame Elements are required to contain the title attribute

Example one demonstrates how to use FRAME title attributes.

Current HTML – EXAMPLE 1

The current HTML does not implement the title attribute

<FRAMESET

cols="40%,60%">

<FRAME src="left_frame.htm">

<FRAME src="right_frame.htm" >

</FRAMESET>

Corrected HTML – EXAMPLE 1

The corrected HTML implements the title attribute

<FRAMESET

cols="40%,60%"

title="Our product line">

<FRAME src="left_frame.htm"

title="Frame Left:

Navigating our web">

<FRAME src="right_frame.htm"

title="Frame Body: Body text">

</FRAMESET>

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2. All Frameset Elements are required to contain the noframes element

Example two demonstrates how to use the NOFARMES element.

Current HTML – EXAMPLE 2

The current HTML does not implement the NOFRAMES element.

<FRAMESET

cols="40%,60%"

title="Our product line">

<FRAME src="left_frame.htm">

<FRAME src="right_frame.htm" >

</FRAMESET>

Corrected HTML – EXAMPLE 2

The corrected HTML implements the NOFRAMES element.

<FRAMESET

cols="40%,60%"

title="Our product line">

<FRAME src="left_frame.htm">

<FRAME src="right_frame.htm" >

<NOFRAMES>

This page uses frames, but your

Search engine or Web browser may not

support them.

<A href="products.html" title="Products link">

Select here to go to the

products page</A>

</NOFRAMES>

</FRAMESET>

HTML With NOFRAMES Element Added and Title Attribute

The below corrected HTML makes the Frameset completely accessible.

<FRAMESET

cols="40%,60%"

title="Our product line">

<FRAME src="left_frame.htm"

title="Frame Left:

Navigating our web">

<FRAME src="right_frame.htm"

title="Frame Body: Body text">

<NOFRAMES>

This page uses frames, but your

Search engine or Web browser may not

support them.

<A href="products.html"

title="Products link">

Select here to go to the

products page</A>

</NOFRAMES>

</FRAMESET>

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