Clicking links generates a new tab when I don't want it to

I've designed a basic html site (www.crustycreations.com) with frames. I have links on a top menu frame that open the content on a larger lower body frame. For a long time its worked fine on all browsers, but recently on Chrome when I click the menu links it generates a new tab for the content only with no menu on top. I switched to Opera and for a few weeks things worked fine but now all of a sudden its doing the same thing. So at first I thought it was just a Chrome thing, but with Opera now doing it I am wondering if it might be Dreamweaver despite the fact that I haven't made any changes to the files. Any suggestions to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Frames are bad news for a dozen+ reasons.
Mobile devices have trouble with Frames.
People can't navigate easily on framed sites.
People can't bookmark pages easily.
People can't print pages easily.
The browsers back button is rendered useless on Framed sites.
The expertise to manage Framed sites far outweighs their perceived benefits.
The W3C saw fit to remove Frames from HTML5 web standards because they were a really bad idea from the get go. Don't use Frames. Use DW Templates or Server-side includes for your site wide navigation menus.
Nancy O.

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