i want a type of frame that displays my page but on the side is a coloumn displaying my navigation to the rest of the pages on the website. can someone help me?

It sounds like you just want a left and right frame. If that is what you want, I suggest you take a look here:
http://www.lissaexplains.com/frames.shtml

If it isn't what you want, here is a site that has a lot of frame codes:
http://framecodes.tripod.com/