• Create and save Frame_Main1_description.htm. Insert a 1-cell, 640-pixel borderless table. (Click here for steps if you can't see the bottom of the Insert Table dialog box.) Type a brief word or two describing the contents of this page. I will name my first main page Frames_Main1_Gift_Jars.htm.
• Remove the top shared border from this page; keep the bottom shared border.
• The main pages should be unified in design; for example, If you use headings and backgrounds, keep them consistent. The best way to accomplish this is to create your first main page, get it exactly right, and save it. Then click File, Save As, and create your second frameset main page changing the filename, title, and content as needed. Continue until all main pages (Frame_Main2_description.htm, Frame_Main3_description.htm, etc.) have been created. I will name my second main page Frames_Main1_Gift_Pails.htm. I will name my third main page Frames_Main1_Gift_Tins.htm.

• Create a frameset page named Frameset_description.htm (File, New, More page templates, Frames Pages tab, Banner and Contents).
• Assign a title to the frameset page that generically describes the content of the frames page so that it will make sense as a hyperlink button in the navigation link bar. Lollipop Gifts is a title that makes sense in this Web since the main pages display Lollipop Gifts. I will name my frameset page Frameset_Lollipop_Gifts.htm and title it Lollipop Gifts.
• Drag Frameset_desctiption.htm into the appropriate position in the navigation structure of your Web site, and delete any frameset placeholder page you might have added from the Web entirely.

• Create a new page named Frame_Banner.htm. Remove any shared borders from this page.
• Insert a page banner (Insert, Page Banner) on the first line. Change the banner title to the title of the frameset page. I will title my banner Lollipop Gifts.
• Switch to Navigation View, right-click on the navigation screen, and click Portrait/Landscape; drag and drop Frame_Banner.htm from the Folder List to Navigation View as a child page of your frameset page.
• Insert a link bar: Insert, Web Component; Component Type—Link Bars, Bar based on navigation structure, Next; Choose a bar style, Next; Choose an orientation, Finish; add navigation to point to Child pages under Home and Home page. Do not place the link bar inside a table because you want it to spread across the entire top of the frameset page. In Navigation View, right-click the page icon for Frame_Banner.htm and uncheck Included in Link Bars.
• Open the frameset page, and set Frames_Banner.htm as the initial page in the banner frame.
• If the banner frame is taking up too much screen real estate, double-click the custom link bar and change the style to a simple one like a dot style or change the banner to text rather than picture. Or remove the banner frame altogether. Click here for steps.
• Preview and test the banner frame links. In order for the custom link bar in Frames_ Banner.htm to display the linked pages in a whole page, do this: From the frameset page, right-click Frames_ Banner.htm, and click Page Properties. Under the General tab, Default target frame, click the Change Target Frame button; in the Target Frame window, under Common Targets, click Whole Page, OK, OK.

Create the contents page with a link bar:

• Create a new file named Frame_Contents.htm. Remove all shared borders from the current page.
• Switch to Navigation View, right-click on the navigation screen, and click Portrait/Landscape; drag and drop Frame_Contents.htm from the Folder List to Navigation View as a child page of your frameset page next to Frame_Banner.htm.
• Drag your main pages in order from the Folder List to Navigation View as child pages of Frame_Contents.htm.
• Insert a link bar: Insert, Web Component; Component Type—Link Bars, Bar based on navigation structure, Next; Choose a bar style, Next; Choose an orientation, Finish; add navigation to point to Child level and Home page.
• The home page is already a link in the banner frame and so should not be duplicated here. However, if you decide not to use a banner frame, you should create a manual hyperlink that opens the home page in a new window. Do not add a home link to the link bar because the home page would open in the main frame instead of a whole window. Do not place this link bar inside a table.

• Open the frameset page, and set Frames_Contents.htm as the initial page in the contents frame.

• Preview and test the contents frame links. In order for the custom link bar in Frames_ Contents.htm to display the linked pages in a whole page, do this: From the frameset page, right-click Frames_ Contents.htm, and click Page Properties. Under the General tab, Default target frame, click the Change Target Frame button; in the Target Frame window, under Current frames page, click the main frame window in the diagram on the right.
  
  Trouble? If that doesn't work, do this: Open Frames_ Contents.htm, right-click, and click Page Properties. Click the Change Target Frame button; under Common targets, click Whole Page, OK. Then return to the frameset page to the contents frame and repeat setting the target of Frames_ Contents.htm to the main page as shown below.

If desired, delete the banner frame and add a home page link to the contents page:

• If your banner frame is taking up too much screen real estate, you are free to remove it. To remove the banner frame, open the frameset page and click the banner frame. Click Frames, Delete Frame. Next, you will need to add a home page hyperlink to the contents frame.
• Open the contents page, create a 2-row borderless left-aligned table and drag and drop your the link bar into Row 2.
• Click in Row 1 and create a manual hyperlink to the home page and set the hyperlink Target Frame to open in a Whole Page. You cannot simply modify the custom link bar and add the home page as a link because it will open the home page in the main frame, which you do not want.
  Note: If you want to create a custom button using pictures from your theme with matching text and a hotspot hyperlink, try this:
  Insert the Picture: Tools, Site Settings, Advanced tab, check Show hidden files and folders; Insert Picture From File button; in the Look In box, browse to _themes/ThemeName; click the View button and select Preview; point to each picture to preview and double-click the desired picture to insert it. You might want to use a different picture to represent the home page since it has a different behavior than the buttons on the link bar below it.
  Determine the font for the button text: Format, Theme; in the Theme task pane, point to the thumbnail for the current theme, click the list arrow, Customize; in the Customize Theme window, click, Graphics button; Item box—select Horizontal Navigation; click Font tab, and write down the font Style and Size; cancel out of all windows. Select the inserted picture in Row 1; from the PIctures toolbar, click the Text button to Insert a text label; use the same font style, size, and position of the buttons as was used on the Contents page link bar.

If desired, eliminate the frameset borders:

• With frameset page open, Frames, Frame Properties, Frames Page, Frames tab, uncheck Show Borders.