Hi,
Sorry to inform you but frames aren't designed to be used like this. The best thing to do is use the CSS solution.
take a look at this...
Very simplified template for a center down approac to a website
- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
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<head>
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<title>HELLO WORLD</title>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
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<style type="text/css">
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body { margin-left: 0px;
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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;}
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#navMain {width:768px;height:25px;color:#ff0000;}
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#navMain ul{background-color:#ff0000;padding-left:0px;margin-left:0px;width:100%;}
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#navMain ul li{border:0px solid #000000;margin:0px 0px;float:left;list-style:none;}
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#navMain ul li a{ color:#ccccff; display:block;padding:5px 10px; margin: auto 3px;}
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#navMain ul li a:hover{ color:#ccccff;}
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#mainpage{ position:relative; width:768px; margin:5px auto; padding:10px; }
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#midbar{ width:768px; height:600px; border:2px solid #ccccff; top:125px; left:0px; z-index:5; }
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#bodyMain{ padding:15px; width:738px; border:1px solid #cccccc; top:0px; left:0px; }
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#headBar{ width:768px; height:100px; top:0px; left:0px; background-color:#996600;}
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</style>
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</head>
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<body>
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<div id="mainpage">
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<div id="headBar">
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<h1>MY SITE LOGO</h1>
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</div>
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<div id="navMain">
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div id="midBar">
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<div id="bodyMain">
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<h2>Welcome?</h2>
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Hello world, content goes here content goes here content goes here content goes here content goes
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here content goes here content goes here content goes here content goes here content goes here
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
