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Web Design Program | A program for creating interactive Web pages containing text, images, hyperlinks, animation, sounds, and video. |
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) | The language Web developers use to create Web pages. |
Web Pages | A collection of text and images in HTML format. |
Web Sites | A set of related Web pages stored on a server that users can dispaly using a Web browser. |
Servers | A computer that is connected to other computers to provide file storage and processing services. |
Web Browser | Software used to dispaly pages in a Web site. The two most common Web browsers are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Also called a browser. |
Templates | A Web page that cotains the basic layout for similar pages in a Web site. |
Insert Panel | A panel containing buttons organized by categories that allow you to insert objects, such as images, tables, and horizontal rulers. |
WYSIWYG | An acronym for What You See Is What You Get, which means that as you design a Web page in Dreamweaver, you are seeing the page exactly as it will appear in the browser window. |
Property Inspector | A Dreamweaver panel that displays the characteristics of the currently selected object on the page. |
Roundtrip HTML | The Dreamweaver feature that allows HTML files created in other programs, such as Microsoft Expression Web, to be opened in Dreamweaver without adding additional coding, such as meta tags or spaces. |
Links | An image or text element on a Web page that users click to display another location on the page, another Web page on the same Web site, or a Web page on a different Web site. Also known as Hyperlinks. |
Shortcuts | An icon that represents a software program, folder, or file stored elsewhere on your computer system. |
Aliases | (Macintosh) An icon that represents a program, folder, or file stored on your computer. |
Workspace | The Dreamweaver interface made up of the document window, the menu bar, toolbars, inspectors, and panels. |
Designer Layout | A layout in the Dreamweaver workspace, in which panels are docked on the right side of the screen and Design view is the default view. |
Coder Layout | A layout in the Dreamweaver workspace in which the panels are docked on the left side of the screen and Code view is the default view. |
Dual Screen Layout | A layout that utilizes two monitors: one for the document window and Property inspector and one for the panels. |
Multiple Document Interface (MDI) | All the document windows and panels positioned within one large application window. |
Inspector | A panel that displays the properties of the currently selected object; allows you to make formatting changes quickly and easily, without having to open menus. |
Workspace Switcher | A drop-down menu on the Application bar (Win) or Menu bar (Mac) that allows you to change the workspace layout. |
Panel Groups | A collection of panels such as Design, Code, Application, and Files, that displayed through the Window menu. Sets of related panels are grouped together. Aso called Tag group. |
Menus | A list of commands that you can dispaly by clicking a menu name on the menu bar, just under the title bar. |
Document Toolbar | A toolbar that contains buttons for changing the current Web page view, previewing and debugging Web pages, and managing files. |
Standard Toolbar | A toolbar that contains buttons for some frequently used commands on the File and Edit menus. |
Style Rendering Toolbar | A toolbar that contains buttons that can be used to render different media types. |
Coding Toolbar | A toolbar used when you are working with the code and that can only be accessed in Code view. |
Related Files Toolbar | The toolbar under the file tab (Win) or file title bar (Mac) that displays the names of files related to the open page file. |
Document Window | The large area to the left of the Dreamweaver panels; displays open documents, each one represented by a tab. |
Status Bar | A bar that appears at the bottom of the Dreamweaver window; the left end displays the tag selector, which shows the HTML tags being used at the insetino point location, and the right end displays the window size and estimated download time for the page displayed. |
Tag Selector | A location on the status bar that displays HTML tags for various page elements, including tables and cells. |
Panels | An individual window that displays information on a particular program area, such as Files or History. |
Design View | The view that shows a full-screen layout and is primarily used when disigning and creating a Web page. |
Code View | The view that shows a full screen with the HTML code for the page. Use this view to read or directly edit the code. |
Code and Design Views | The view that is a combination of Code view and Disign view. |
Panel Group Title bar | The bar at the top of each panel group; contains the expander arrow that opens the panel group, and the Panel options list arrow, which you click to select commands that affect the panel group. |
Home Page | The first Web page that appears when users go to a Web site. |
Drop Zone | A heavy bar indicates the position it will take when you release the mouse button. |
Banners | An image that generally appears across the top of the screen and can incorporate a company's logo, contact information, and navigation bars. |
Tables | A grid of rows and columns that can either be used to hold tabular data on a Web page or as a basic design tool for page layout. |
Streameding Video | A video that uses buffers as it downloads to ensure a smoother playback. |