WEB DESIGN VOCABULARY
JENNY C
MEMORIAL HIGHSCHOOL
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HTML CHEAT SHEET
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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 documeny BGCOLOR
< H1 > Format level 1 heading
< H2 > Format level 2 heading
< H3 > Format level 3 heading
< H4 > Format level 4 heading
< H5 > Format level 5 headding
< H6 > Format 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 using boldface
< U L> Create an unordered list
< OL > Create an ordere 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
< FREAMESET > Designate a frames page
< FRAME > Designate a frame withing a frames page
< NOFRAMES > Designate code that will be displayed if frames are not supported
lesson 7
attribute- addition to HTML tag tha its used to modify its properties
container tags- tags that indicate the start of HTML content and end of HTML document
document type declaration (DTD)- tells the browser what type of document to expect
empty tag- does not contain tags
Hypertext-units of info that can be connected with links, had already been around for a long time
Ordered List-used for items whose order matters
Source code-or HTML source code since it issource of what is eventually displayed on the screen
Tags- codes that can be used in a web page to designate attributes of a section text
Unordered list- good for listing items whose order is not important
Value- specifies that the paragraph be aligned in the center of the page
Lesson 8
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
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
Button- something needed in order to submit the info in the form to the page defined by the action attribute
Check box- similar to radio buttons in that there are a set of predefined choices from which the user may make a selection
Form- an element on a web page that is used to collect data from a web site user
Hidden field- allows 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- used to know what you’re expected to type in the text box
Password field- <input type =”password” name = “myPassword”>
Pull-down menu- used when you do not want the user to type in his or her own data
Querystring- portion of the URL
Radio button- another type of rom element where the user is presented with a set of options from which to choose
Text area- 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