This one of the more common frame layouts. The frame this text is in can be thought of as the "main page" containing the information you wish to convey. Even if this information overflows the area, the scrollbars allow them to navigate the page, while the stationary top and side frames allow for site navigation without the hassle of scrolling to find the navbar, sitemap or buttons.

While the side navbar can be used to navigate, only this frame need change, updating the content with whatever information they are interested in. The navbar on the left can stay the same, creating a familiar interface to use while viewing the site and cutting down on load time since only the areas of the page that need to be updated are targeted, or a similar but updated version.

You can add another frame at the bottom to contain the familiar nav-buttons at the bottom of a page, but using more than 2-3 frames can become too busy. We have all seen sites that have way too many frames, and content that doesn't take into consideration text sizing issues (more on this later).

If you want the function of immovable objects on the page, but don't want the lines breaking up the regions of the frames, use the frameborder=0 option to turn them off. Click here to see this page with the same frames, but no border shown.