Is there any way of stopping pages other than your homepage being searched? I use frames in my site and unless you go in via the main frame page you are not able to link to other pages. I also don't want information from non-relevant pages being displayed in searches.

Is there any way of stopping pages other than your homepage being searched? I use frames in my site and unless you go in via the main frame page you are not able to link to other pages. I also don't want information from non-relevant pages being displayed in searches.

Welcome to one of many reasons not to used frames.
http://www.karlcore.com/articles/article.php?id=2

So what's the best wat to create a page without using frames? I've tried using tables but it messes up the text positioning. I have my menu in a cell on the left and then have no control over the text in the cell next to it!!

So what's the best wat to create a page without using frames? I've tried using tables but it messes up the text positioning. I have my menu in a cell on the left and then have no control over the text in the cell next to it!!

Well since you asked what "the best" way is, you should use CSS for presentation. If you're having a problem controlling the presentation, it is because you personally haven't learned how to control it, not because it is a problem with the technology (in this case, tables).

HTML's elements have very specific purposes. Tables are for tabular data, not for presenting your site. I recommend learning HTML inside and out - not just what element does what, but WHY they do what they do.
Then, move on to CSS. Learn CSS and combine the proper application of HTML to define the structure of your documents and CSS to define the presentation.