Online Forms and Scripts Adding interactive features to your Web pages can make them more dynamic and functional. It is possible to include online forms in your pages by using the standard Perl scripts that are available for anyone at Georgetown to use. For more information on forms and scripts, see the WWW5 Class Notes . Frames Frames are a way of laying out material on a page by dividing a browser window into separate sub-windows which contain different HTML documents. For example, you could use frames to divide a Web page into separate files for the header and footer at the top and bottom of the page, and a column on one side for a table of contents.
Frames are a fairly controversial technology amongst Web developers.
Although they do have some advantages, they have many disadvantages, including lack of support in old browsers, user difficulties in navigating, bookmarking and printing, search engine incompatibilities, and increases in server load. For more information on the disadvantages and advantages of frames, see Web Tomorrow . UIS does not recommend that you use frames for your Web pages because of the disadvantages associated with them. However, if you are going to use frames, it is advisable that you get as much information on them as possible so you can minimize some of the pitfalls associated with them.