Web Design Vocabulary


Memorial High School

Port Arthur, TX


  • HTML Cheat Sheet

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  • Lesson 7 Vocabulary

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  • Lesson 8 Vocabulary

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  • Lesson 9 Vocabulary

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  • Lesson 10 Vocabulary

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< HTML > Begin the HTML page

< HEAD > Begin the heading of the document

< TITLE > Designate the title of the page

< BODY > Begin the body of the document 

< H1 > Format a level 1 heading

< H2 > Format a level 2 heading

< H3 > Format a level 3 heading

< H4 > Format a level 4 heading

< H5 > Format a level 5 heading

< H6 > Format a level 6 heading

< BR > Add a line break

< P > Set apart a group of text as a paragraph

< I > Format the text using italics

< B > Format the text with boldface

< UL > Create an unordered list

< OL > Create an ordered list

< LI > Specify a list item

< FONT > Specify font characteristics

< A > Designate a hyperlink

< IMG > Designate an image

< TABLE > Designate an HTML table

< TR > Designate a table row

< TD > Designate a table cell

< TH > Designate a table heading

< FRAMESET > Designate a frame page

< FRAME > Designate a frame within a frames page

< NOFRAMES > Designate code that will be dsiaplyed if frames are not supported

< FORM > Designated the start of a form

< INPUT > Designate a form element

< SELECT > Designate a pull-down menu

< OPTION > Designate an item in a pull-down menu

< TEXTAREA > Designate a text area to insert text


Lesson 7 Vocabulary

Attribute- is an addition to an HTML, tag that is used to modify its properties.


Container tags- Tags work in pairs usually with some other text or HTML in between them.

Document type decalration (DTD)- This line of code was not in the template that you created earlier.

Empty tags- does not contain text.

HTML- consists of a series of tags or codes that can be used in a Web page to deignate attributes of a section of text.

Hypertext- organization of units of information that can be connected with links, had already been around for a long time.

Ordered list- Each item is numbered

Source code- it is the source of what is eventually displayed on the screen.

Tags- can be used in a Web page to designate attributes of a section of text.


Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Absolute URL- is one in which the protocol and Web server name is used.

External Link- are links to documents that reside on Web sites other than one you are creating.

Hyper Link- Link to other Web pages.

Internal Link- Links that are used to navigate between the pages of one site.

Intrapage Link- a link within one Web page, often used in long documents that are divided into sections.

Link- is a pointer to a document or file somehwere on the Web.

Relative URL- is one in which the document being linked to is described relative to another location.

Thumbnail- a small image representation of a larger image.


Lesson 9 Vocabulary

Cell- The area created by the intersection of a row and a column.

Container- Will hold frames

Frameset- is the name given to a group of frames that act together to make up one Web page.

Nested- opening a new tag before closing the first one.


Lesson 10 Vocabulary

Button- The form of triggers the submission of the form data.

Check Box- are similar to radio buttons in that there are a set of predefined choices from which the user may make a selection.

Form- is ane element on a Web page that is used to collect data from a Web site user.

Hidden Field- allows a value to be passed from the form to the page that is specified in the Action attribute without the knowledge of the Web user.

Label- <INPUT> tag you keyed was preceded by some text.

Password field- Anything that a user types in a password field will be replaced by asterisks (*) so that anyone watching cannot see the text.

Pull-down menu- are used when you do not want the user to type in his or her own data.

Querystring- Appended to the URL after a question mark.

Radio button- are another type of form element where the user is presented with a set of options from which to choose.

Text area- is a large space in which a user can type his or her comments.

Text box- form element is a box into which the user can key text.