Working with content frames

You can incorporate content frames into your title design. Using content frames, you can divide your title’s pages into multiple regions, decide which content will go in which regions, and change the content in each region at different times based on various interactions or automation. This way, one region of the screen can always contain buttons for navigating through the title, another region on the screen can hold varying advertisements or instructions, while yet another area of the screen can be the main area where title information and/or tests are presented.

Responsive titles cannot contain content frames. Content frames must be removed from the title prior to designating the title to be responsive. For details about designating the title to be responsive, see Designating a title as responsive.

For example, a very common title design is to use the Contents frame style, which features two frames:

• A narrow vertical left frame: Used for a title-wide or global navigation menu.

• A wide right-side frame: Contains the main body of the title. The content here is always changing in response to the selections made in the left frame.

Frames are useful for navigation, logos, banner ads, and more. The possibilities are limitless and the program provides you with a wide variety of frame styles from which to choose.

You can specify a default content frame style.

See also: Changing the default content frame style

View these topics for more information about working with frames:

• Using frames within your title

• Changing the name of a frame

• Changing the HTML page alignment of a frame

• Changing the background properties of a frame

• Changing the text properties of a frame

• Changing transition properties of a frame

• Adding an action to a frame

Frames are not AICC- or SCORM-compatible and should not be used for AICC, CourseMill, or SCORM published titles. Frames function in the same way as a chapter or a section. Any objects added directly to the frame will appear on every page in that frame including pages that are inside of a chapter or section. Frames can also refer to one another. For instance, if one frame contains your title's navigation, the buttons or links can refer to pages within the main frame of the title. When creating navigation components, you will be asked to provide the referring frame.

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