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               <td valign="top" nowrap="true" class="name">FRAMESET should have valid NOFRAMES</td>
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               <td valign="top" align="right" nowrap="true" colspan="2" class="requirements">WAI / WCAG 1.0 Priority 2 checkpoint 6.5</td>
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                     The <strong>&lt;NOFRAMES&gt;</strong> element is not present or it does not contain
                     a link to an alternative version of the page.
                     
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               <td valign="top" colspan="2" class="description"><b>How to fix</b>
                  
                  
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                     A valid NOFRAMES section should exist within the outer FRAMESET section.<br>
                     Remember that a NOFRAMES section is valid if it:
                     
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                     <li>contains at least one word of text or accessible HTML code; </li>
                     
                     <li>provides the necessary links to navigate the site;</li>
                     
                     <li>does not tell the users that they should upgrade to a browser that supports frames.</li>
                     
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                     A NOFRAMES element that does not contain links
                     prevents the reader from accessing the same navigation
                     options offered to those with frames-enabled browsers.
                     
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                     Consider adding the following HTML code before the last <strong>&lt;/FRAMESET&gt;</strong>
                     tag in the document:
                     
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     &lt;NOFRAMES&gt;
     &lt;P&gt;Here is the &lt;A href="main-noframes.html"&gt;
              non-frame based version of the document.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
     &lt;/NOFRAMES&gt;
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                     Without specifying a <strong>&lt;NOFRAMES&gt;</strong> element, the site may
                     appear as a blank page to users with browsers unable to handle frames,
                     such as early versions of popular browsers
                     and current special-purpose browsers like voice-enabled
                     computers and browsers for PDAs.
                     
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                     The <strong>&lt;NOFRAMES&gt;</strong> element should be used to provide users of
                     browsers unable to handle frames an <strong>alternative</strong> way to access the site,
                     possibly with <strong>degraded graphic and interaction quality</strong>.<br>
                     For example, a <strong>&lt;NOFRAMES&gt;</strong> element containing text stating that the page
                     cannot be displayed by the browser being used
                     <strong>does not help</strong> users access the page.
                     
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