the last two days i've been tryin two preview my DW frame site in a browser, it just turns up blank.
I don't know what to do. Someone please help me. I've been going through step-by-step web-tutorials on how to make frames in DW. I've been going through DW & IE preferences, but there doesn't seem do be anything that works. I'm
close to a mental breakdown here. please. help.

Sounds like your frameset file is not referencing the frame content files - check the code in the frameset file. In your browser, view source or in Dreamweaver make sure you click the outermost line in the Frames palette