SECTION V. Web Publications Conventions
I. Use of frames
STANDARD:
Departments/offices should avoid using frames on their Web pages. If it is deemed necessary to use frames, departments/offices should have their frame pages approved by the Web Development Office before publishing them to the Web.
Explanation:
Frames should be avoided for a number of reasons:
- Frames can be spoofed (unauthorized parties can post information in a UWRF page frame).
- People with cognitive disabilities and visual disabilities often have difficulty interpreting pages built with frames.
- Frames are difficult to print.
- The major search engines do not index sites using frames.
Standards that must be met when seeking approval for use of frame pages:
- Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation.
- Describe the purpose of the frame and how each frame relates to another if the frame titles alone don’t make that clear.
- Do not create a situation in which users are required to install a frame-enabled browser in order to view the information in a frame.
- Use the <NOFRAMES> tag to include links that provide navigation options when frames are turned off.
