Creating frameset pages
The RedBank user interface (view) is made up of a combination of static HTML pages and dynamic JSPs. In this section we describe how to create an HTML frameset page (index.html) that will define the layout of the Web pages created in the section Creating navigation HTML and JSP pages
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Note: By default, a Web server looks for index.html (or index.htm) when a Web project is run. Although this behavior can be changed, we recommend that you use index.html as the top level page name. |
Frameset pages provide an efficient method of creating a common layout for the user interface of the Web application, because has the same structure as a table, where the rows are defined in a tag element called <frameset> and the columns are individually defined in a tag element called <frame>.
In our example we only have three areas and no column separations:
| Header area-With company logo and the navigation bar to other pages. |
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| Workspace area-Where the rest of the operational pages are displayed. |
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| Footer area-With the option to return to the main menu. |
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ibm.com/redbooks |