WEB DESIGN VOCABULARY

WEB DESIGN VOCABULARY

DIANA E

 MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

< 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 BGCOLOR

< 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 ALIGN

< 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 front characteristics FACE,COLOR

< A > Designate a hyperlink HREF,TARGET,NAME

< IMG > Designate an image SRC,ALT,HEIGHT,WIDTH,ALLIGN,BORDER

< TABLE > Designate an HTML table BORDER,WIDTH,CELLPADDING,CELLSPACING

< TR > Designate a table row BGCOLOR

< TD > Desginate a table cell COLSPAN,ALIGN,VALIGN,BGCOLOR,ROWSPAN

< TH > Desginate a table heading

< FRAMESET > Desginate a frames page COLS,ROWS

< FRAME > Desginate a frame within a frames page SRC,NAME

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

Lesson 7 Vocabulary 

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

Container tags: these tags work in pairs usually with some other text or HTML in between them.

Document type declaration (DTD): tells the browser what type of document to expect

Empty tags: it does not contain a text

HTML: consists of a series of tags or codes that can be used in a web page to designate attributes of a section text. [HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE]

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

Ordered list:  used for items whose order does matter

Source code: The HTML code is called the source code.

Tags: used in a web page designate attributes of a section text.

Unordered list: are good for listing items whose order is not important

Value: specifies that the paragraph be aligned in the center of the page.

 Lesson 8 Vocabulary 

hyperlinks- links to to other Web pages

link- a pointer to a document or file somewhere on the Web

external link- are link to documents that reside on Web sites other than the one you are creating

hypertext reference- tell the browser where you want to link, you must use the HREF

internal links- links that are used to navigate between the pages of one site are called

absolute URL- is one which the protocol and Web server name is used

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

intrapage link- a link within one Web page

thumbnail- a small representation of a larger image

Lesson 9 Vocabulary

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

frameset- 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

container- holds frames

 Lesson 10 Vocabulary

button: in order to submit the info in the form to the page defined by the action attribute you will need a button for the user to click

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 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:

password field: although it will not be needed in your ex form, html provides a way to have a password field.

pull-down menu: also called drop down lists are used when you do not  want the user to type in his or her own data.

querystring: we call thar portion  of the URL a querystring

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