Make your home page a frames page

When you create a new web, Microsoft FrontPage creates a file named Index.htm (or Default.htm, depending on your server) as your home page. You can replace this default home page with an existing frames page.

1. In Folders view, right-click your current home page, click Rename on the shortcut menu, note the name of the page, and then type a different name, such as Default-old.htm.
2. Right-click the frames page that you want to use as your home page, click Rename on the shortcut menu, and then type the original name of your home page.

Note   If your web uses shared borders or navigation bars, or if you've already designed a navigation structure in Navigation view, you should not use a frames page as your home page. Otherwise your web may be difficult to navigate, and pages may not be displayed properly.

Control how a browser displays frames

The following table describes how you can control the appearance of frames when the open frames page in Page view is viewed in a browser.

To	Do this
Show or hide borders around frames	On the File menu, click Properties, click the Frames tab, and then select or clear the Show borders check box.
Set the width of borders between frames	On the File menu, click Properties, click the Frames tab, and then type the width of the border, in pixels, in the Frame spacing box.
Create invisible frames	On the File menu, click Properties, click the Frames tab, clear the Show borders check box, and then set Frame spacing to 0.
Show or hide a frame's scroll bars	Right-click in the frame, click Frame Properties on the shortcut menu, and then adjust the Show scrollbars setting.
Prevent site visitors from resizing a frame when viewing it in a browser	Right-click in the frame, click Frame Properties on the shortcut menu, and then clear the Resizable in browser check box.
Adjust the amount of space between the outside edge of a frame and the contents of the frame	Right-click in the frame, click Frame Properties on the shortcut menu, and then in the Margins area, adjust the Width and Height settings.
Resize a frame graphically	Click and drag the border of the frame that you want to resize.
Resize a frame numerically	Right-click in the frame, click Frame Properties on the shortcut menu, and then in the Frame size area, adjust the Width (or Column width) and Height (or Row height) settings.