[Dan Zollman]

Another thing on frames-- the back/forward buttons in some browsers don't do what is expected with frames, and that can make it hard to navigate.

If you want to use frames because you want a common header, footer, or menu, then some simple php can be used for the same effect without the clumsiness of frames. Include or require functions can easily insert HTML from another file into a page. Another advantage to php is that there's absolutely no variation between browsers (as far as the php goes) because it's processed on the server side.