| Anchor |
An HTML element that allows the user to specify not only
the page that they want to view, but also the specific area of a
page. Anchors are typically used with long pages as a method
to easily navigate the content. |
| Applet |
A program that runs from a web page. |
| Attribute |
Describes the characteristics of the element. Used
inside the element's tag. |
| Bookmark |
See Anchor. FrontPage refers to Anchors as
Bookmarks |
| Cascading Style Sheets |
A form of markup used in conjunction with HTML |
| Image Map |
"Hot Spots" are placed on an image so that the
user can click on a specific hot spot and navigate to a new page. |
| Element |
The components that make up an HTML document are called
elements. Paragraphs, headings and lists are examples of elements
possible in an HTML document. |
| Event |
An action that is typically initiated by the user.
(Mouse clicks, Mouse Overs, etc.) |
| Event Handler |
Scripting code that identifies instructions to be
executed when a particular event occurs. |
| Focus |
The link that has the focus is the link that would be
selected if the enter key was pressed. Or when the user clicks
on a link, that link gets the focus. |
| Frame |
An element of HTML that allows the web page to be
divided into physically separate panes or "frames" where
content of those panes can be changed individually. |
| Hot Spot |
A click able region on an image map |
| JavaScript |
A particular scripting language. See Script |
| Label |
The descriptive text that identifies what type of data a
form field is expecting. (i.e. First Name, Last
Name, Phone Number, etc) |
| Markup |
The use of elements to format the data in an HTML
document |
| Navigation Bar |
A method of creating a table of contents for your
site. Typically this table of contents will be organized in a
way where all of the navigation links are grouped together in a
particular location on all pages within the site. |
| Plug-In |
See Applet |
| Script |
A type of program designed for web pages to provide for
automated functionality or enhanced control of user interaction.. |
| Status Bar |
The part of the web browser that indicates the status of
a web page. (i.e. Loading, Done, etc) The status bar
will display the URL of a hyperlink when the mouse is hovering over
the link. |
| Style Sheet |
See Cascading Style Sheets |
| Tab Index |
The TAB key is used to navigate through click able links
on a web page. By setting the Tab Index, the designer could
control the order in which the focus is moved from link to link. |
| Tag |
The specific codes for elements used to format HTML
documents for the WWW. |