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<h1>NOFRAMES - Frames Alternate Content</h1>
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<th>Syntax</th>
<td><strong class=required><NOFRAMES></strong>...<strong class=required></NOFRAMES></strong></td>
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<th>Attribute Specifications</th>
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<li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
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<th>Contents</th>
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<li class=transitional>In <a href="../html/doctype.html#transitional">HTML4.0 Transitional</a>: <a href="../inline.html">inline elements</a>, <a href="../block.html">block-level elements</a></li>
<li class=frameset>In <a href="../html/doctype.html#frameset">HTML4.0 Frameset</a>: one <a href="../html/body.html">BODY</a> element that must not contain any NOFRAMES elements</li>
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<th>Contained in</th>
<td><a href="../special/applet.html">APPLET</a>, <a href="../block/blockquote.html">BLOCKQUOTE</a>, <a href="../html/body.html">BODY</a>, <a href="../forms/button.html">BUTTON</a>, <a href="../block/center.html">CENTER</a>, <a href="../lists/dd.html">DD</a>, <a href="../phrase/del.html">DEL</a>, <a href="../block/div.html">DIV</a>, <a href="../forms/fieldset.html">FIELDSET</a>, <a href="../forms/form.html">FORM</a>, <span class=frameset><a href="frameset.html">FRAMESET</a>,</span> <a href="../special/iframe.html">IFRAME</a>, <a href="../phrase/ins.html">INS</a>, <a href="../lists/li.html">LI</a>, <a href="../special/map.html">MAP</a>, <a href="../block/noscript.html">NOSCRIPT</a>, <a href="../special/object.html">OBJECT</a>, <a href="../tables/td.html">TD</a>, <a href="../tables/th.html">TH</a></td>
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<p>The <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> element contains content that should only be rendered when <em>frames are not displayed</em>. <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> is typically used in a <a href="../html/doctype.html#frameset">Frameset</a> document to provide alternate content for browsers that do not support frames or have frames disabled.</p>
<p>When used within a <strong class=html>FRAMESET</strong>, <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> must contain a <strong class=html><a href="../html/body.html">BODY</a></strong> element. There must not be any <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> elements contained within this <strong class=html>BODY</strong> element.</p>
<p>A meaningful <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> element should always be provided in a Frameset document and should at the very least contain links to the main frame or frames. <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> should not contain a message telling the user to upgrade his or her browser. Some browsers support frames but allow the user to disable them.</p>
<p class=note>Various methods of automatically creating non-frames content exist. See <cite><a href="../../../design/frames/guidelines/auto-noframes.html">Frames design guidelines: automatic no-frames content</a></cite> for more details.</p>
<p>An example follows:</p>
<pre class=example><code class=html><FRAMESET ROWS="*,100">
<FRAMESET COLS="40%,*">
<FRAME NAME="Menu" SRC="nav.html" TITLE="Menu">
<FRAME NAME="Content" SRC="main.html" TITLE="Content">
</FRAMESET>
<FRAME NAME="Ad" SRC="ad.html" TITLE="Advertisement">
<strong><NOFRAMES></strong>
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<H1>Table of Contents</H1>
<UL>
<LI>
<A HREF="reference/html40/">HTML 4.0 Reference</A>
</LI>
<LI>
<A HREF="reference/wilbur/">HTML 3.2 Reference</A>
</LI>
<LI>
<A HREF="reference/css/">CSS Guide</A>
</LI>
</UL>
<P>
<IMG SRC="ad.gif" ALT="Ad: Does your bank charge too much?">
</P>
</BODY>
<strong></NOFRAMES></strong>
</FRAMESET></code></pre>
<p>In <a href="../html/doctype.html#transitional">HTML4.0 Transitional</a>, the <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> element is also permitted within most <a href="../block.html">block-level elements</a>. This allows authors to include content, such as navigation aids, that should only be displayed if the document is not being viewed within a frameset. Such use helps to ensure that a frame could stand on its own if bookmarked or accessed through a search engine while not burdening the frames user with duplicate content. However, most browsers do not support this use of <strong class=html>NOFRAMES</strong> and will always display the content.</p>
<h2>More Information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/frames.html#edef-NOFRAMES">NOFRAMES in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
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