Web Design Vocabulary

Web Design Vocabulary

Lilly Irene

 < 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 > foramt 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 frames page

< FRAME > designate a frame within a frames page

< NOFRAMES > designate code that will be displayed if frames are not supported

Lesson 7

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

Container tags-tags that work in pairs

Document type declaration (DTP)-tells the browser what type of document to expect

Empty tags- this type of tag does not contain any text

HTML-consists of a series of tags or codes that can be used in a web page to designate attributes of text

Hypertext-organization of units of information that can be connected with links

Ordered list-each item has a number instead of a bullet by it

Source Code-the html code

Unordered List-good for listing items whose order is not important

Value-specifies that the paragraph be aligned in the center of the page

Tags-codes that can be used in a web page to designate attributes of a section of text

Lesson 8

Absolute URL- used for external links

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

Hyperlink- links 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

Link- a pointer to a document or file somewhere on the web

Relative URL- used for internal links

Thumbnail- a small image representation of a larger image

Lesson 9 

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

Container- 

Frameset- 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

Target Attribute- tells the browser in which the document that the link points to should be loaded

Lesson 10 

Button- allows the user to submit or rest information in the form to the page

Check Box- similar to radio buttons in that are a set of predefined choices from which the user may make a selection; however, with check boxes the user may select more than one option

Form- an 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- letes users know what they are expected to type in the text box

Password Field- allows whatever is typed in this field to be replaced by asterisks for privacy

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

Querystring- a part of the URL

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

Text Area- a large space in which a user can type his or her comments 

Text Box- a box into which the user can key text