This sucks, because, well, frames suck.
Frames suck for a couple of reasons.
When writing web pages I believe most text should not rely on another are or page. If you want to do something like that, then include a link to where more data can be found. I belive, as Roger suggested, that a frame like main page will do the job just fine. I used frames on my personal site in the past, but it was a pain to update the different files instead of the single. I now use a frame like structure along the top of my page, but it can be done anywhere that we want.