I got my frame to work but when i test my site and i click on the links they open into a new window

I think you may want to put target=_self or target=_parent???

I use something like this
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/joshmackey15/Home.html" target="rightside">Home</a>

oh so you're one of those people who name their frames? Okay good, because I prefer to do that as well. :) Did you make sure on your index page that you named the frame you want to target "rightside"???

now it works thanks