Term | Definition |
Absolute path (Chapter 5) | Path used for external links that includes the complete address for the destination page, including the protocol. |
Absolute positioning (Chapter 10) | Refers to the way that a page element, such as an AP element, is locked in a fixed position on a page. |
Accordions (Chapter 8) | Used for navigation, they are buttons that, when clicked, open up like an accordion to display information that drops down below the button. |
Action property (Chapter 9) | A form property that specifies the application or script that will process the data in a form. |
ActionScript (Chapter 10) | A Flash scripting language developers use to add interactivity to movies, control objects, exchange data, and create complex animations. |
Active Server Page (ASP) (Chapter 9) | Server-side application used for processing data in a form. |
Adaptive websites (Chapter 8) | Websites that adjust or modify the page content to fit the user’s needs and device type used to view the site. |
Add-on (Chapter 11) | A small computer program that works with a host application, such as a web browser, to allow it to perform certain functions. |
Add-ons (Chapter 9) | Program extensions that add features to an existing application. Also called plug-ins. |
Adobe Bridge (Chapter 4) | Image file management program that is used across the Adobe suite applications. |
Adobe BrowserLab (Chapter 8) | An online service that you can access through Dreamweaver to test your site with multiple browsers, without needing to have the browser programs installed on your computer. |
Adobe BrowserLab (Chapter 2) | Tool that checks pages by simulating multiple browsers and platforms. |
Adobe BrowserLab (Chapter 7) | An Adobe online service for cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility testing. |
Adobe Business Catalyst (Chapter 6) | A hosted application for setting up and maintaining an online business. |
Adobe Edge (Chapter 11) | A new program that combines the new capabilities of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, but uses a program interface similar to Flash. |
Aligning (Chapter 4) | Positioning an image. |
All Rules pane (Chapter 8) | The top half of the CSS Styles panel that displays a list of the style sheets and rules for the open page when the Switch to All (document) Mode button is selected. |
AP div tag (Chapter 10) | A div that creates a container with a fixed position on a web page. |
AP div tag (Chapter 6) | Creates a container that has a specified, fixed position on a web page. |
AP element (Chapter 6) | The resulting container that an AP div tag creates on a page. |
AP elements (Chapter 10) | Page elements that are absolutely positioned, or assigned a fixed position on a web page. |
AP Elements panel (Chapter 10) | Panel in the CSS panel group that is used to control the visibility, name, and Z-Index stacking order of AP elements on a web page. |
Apache web server (Chapter 7) | A public domain, open source web server that is available using several different operating systems including UNIX and Windows. |
Assets panel (Chapter 4) | Displays all the assets in a website. |
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) (Chapter 11) | Method for developing interactive web pages that respond quickly to user input, such as clicking a map. |
AVI (Audio Visual Interleave) (Chapter 11) | Video format that you can link or embed on a web page. |
Background images (Chapter 4) | Image files used in place of background colors. |
BaseCamp (Chapter 7) | A web-based project collaboration tool. |
Behaviors (Chapter 11) | Simple action scripts that let you incorporate interactivity by modifying content based on variables like user actions. |
Behaviors (Chapter 10) | Simple action scripts that let you incorporate interactivity by modifying content based on variables like user actions. |
Behaviors (Chapter 6) | Simple action scripts that let you incorporate interactivity by modifying content based on variables like user actions. |
Blogs (Chapter 5) | Websites where the website owner regularly posts commentaries and opinions on various topics. |
Borders (Chapter 4) | Frames that surround an image. |
Breadcrumbs trail (Chapter 5) | A list of links that provides a path from the initial page you opened in a website to the page that you are currently viewing. |
Browser Compatibility Check (BCC) (Chapter 6) | Feature to check for problems in the HTML code for CSS features that may render differently in multiple browsers. |
Buffer (Chapter 11) | A temporary storage area on your hard drive that acts as a holding area for Flash content as it is being played. |
Bullet (Chapter 3) | Small dot or similar icon that precedes a point on a list. |
Bulleted list (Chapter 3) | Unordered lists that contain bullets. |
Camera Raw (Chapter 4) | Unprocessed data, not yet ready to be printed. |
Cascading (Chapter 8) | Refers to the way styles are ranked in order of precedence as they are applied to page elements. |
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (Chapter 3) | Sets of formatting instructions, usually stored in a separate file, that control the appearance and position of text and graphics on a web page or throughout a website. |
Cell padding (Chapter 6) | The distance between the cell content and the cell walls. |
Cell spacing (Chapter 6) | The distance between adjacent cells. |
Cell walls (Chapter 6) | The lines inside the cell borders. |
Cells (Chapter 6) | Small boxes into which you can insert text and graphics. |
Check box group (Chapter 9) | A group of check boxes. |
Check boxes (Chapter 9) | A form object used to create a list of options from which users can make multiple selections. |
Child containers (Chapter 6) | Containers whose code resides inside a parent container. |
Child keywords (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Subcategories of parent keywords |
Class style (Chapter 8) | Contains a combination of formatting attributes that can be applied to a block of text or other page elements. Its name begins with a period. |
Class type (Chapter 3) | A type of style that can contain a combination of formatting attributes that can be applied to a block of text or other page elements. |
Client-side scripting (Chapter 9) | When the user’s computer processes a form, rather than a web server. |
Client-side scripting (Chapter 10) | When the user’s computer processes a form, rather than a web server. |
Clip property (Chapter 10) | Identifies the portion of an AP div’s content that is visible in a web browser. |
Cloaked (Chapter 7) | When a file is excluded from certain processes, such as being transferred to the remote site. |
Cloaking (Chapter 7) | Marks certain files for exclusion from several commands, including Put, Get, Synchronize, Check In, and Check Out. |
Code hints (Chapter 3) | Lists of tags that appear as you type. |
Code Inspector (Chapter 2) | A separate window that displays the current page in Code view. |
Code snippets (Chapter 13) | Ready-made, reusable pieces of code you can insert on a web page. |
Cold Fusion (Chapter 9) | Server-side application used for processing data in a form. |
Collections panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel used to group assets located in different locations into a single collection |
Columns (Chapter 6) | Vertical arrangement of cells. |
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) (Chapter 9) | One of the most common types of server-side applications. |
Compact mode (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | A mode with a smaller, simplified workspace window |
Compound type (Chapter 3) | A type of style that is used to format a selection. |
Content panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel where thumbnails of the files from the selected drive and folder in the Folders panel appear |
Controller (Chapter 11) | Used to access playback controls. |
Copyright (Chapter 7) | Protects the particular and tangible expression of an idea, not the idea itself. |
CSS layout block (Chapter 10) | A section of a web page defined and formatted using a Cascading Style Sheet. |
CSS Layout Box Model (Chapter 6) | Padding, margins, borders, etc. of a selected layout. |
CSS page layouts (Chapter 6) | Containers formatted with CSS into which you place web page content, such as images, blocks of text, Flash movies, or any other page element. |
Custom button (Chapter 9) | In a form, a button that triggers action that you specify on the page. |
Custom style (Chapter 8) | Contains a combination of formatting attributes that can be applied to a block of text or other page elements. Its name begins with a period. |
Declaration (Chapter 3) | Consists of a property (such as font-size or font-weight) and a value (such as 14 px or bold). |
Delimited files (Chapter 6) | Database, word processing, or spreadsheet files that have been saved as text files with delimiters such as tabs or commas separating the data. |
Delimiter (Chapter 6) | A comma, tab, colon, semicolon, or similar character. |
Dependent file (Chapter 7) | File that another file needs to be complete, such as an image or style sheet. |
Deprecated (Chapter 6) | HTML codes that are no longer within the current standard and in danger of becoming obsolete. |
Derivitive work (Chapter 7) | An adaptation of another work, such as a movie version of a book. |
Design Notes (Chapter 7) | Separate files in a website that contain additional information about a page file or a graphic file. |
Div tag (Chapter 10) | An HTML tag that is used to format and position web page elements. |
Div tags (Chapter 6) | HTML tags that allow you to position elements next to each other as well as on top of each other. |
Domain name (Chapter 1) | A web address that is expressed in letters instead of numbers and usually reflects the name of the business represented by the website. |
Download (Chapter 7) | The process of transferring files from a remote site to a local site. |
Dynamic content (Chapter 9) | Content contained by a web page that allows the user to interact with the page by clicking or typing, and then responds to this input in some way. |
Editable optional region (Chapter 12) | An area on a template where users can add or change content, and that users can also choose to show or hide. |
Editable region (Chapter 12) | An area on a template where users of the template can add or change content. |
Embedded styles (Chapter 8) | Internal styles that are part of an HTML page rather than comprising a separate file. |
Export panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel used to optimize images by saving them as JPEGs for use on the web |
Exporting (Chapter 6) | To save data created in Dreamweaver in a special file format that can be opened by other programs. |
Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) standard (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Used by Adobe products, such as Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, and Photoshop, and is usually stored with the file name |
External links (Chapter 2) 3 | |
Links pointing outside of the website. | |
External links (Chapter 5) | Links to web pages in other websites or to email addresses. |
External style sheet (Chapter 3) | Collection of styles stored in a separate file that control the formatting of content on a web page. |
External style sheet (Chapter 8) | Collection of styles stored in a separate file that control the formatting of content on a web page. External style sheets have a .css file extension. |
Facebook (Chapter 5) | Social networking site containing lots of text, images, and videos. |
Fair use (Chapter 7) | Allows limited use of copyright-protected work; depending on the purpose of its use, the nature of the copyrighted work, how much you want to copy, and the effect on the market value of the work. |
Favicon (Chapter 4) | Short for favorites icon. A small icon that represents your site, similar to a logo, that appears next to the title of a web page in a browser. |
Favorites (Chapter 4) | Assets that you expect to use repeatedly while you work on the site. |
Favorites panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel to quickly access folders that you designate as folders you use frequently |
Fieldset (Chapter 9) | An HTML tag used to group related form elements together. |
File field (Chapter 9) | Form object that allows users to upload files to a web server. |
Filter panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel used for filtering files to view in the Content panel |
Fixed layout (Chapter 6) | Expresses all widths in pixels and remains the same size regardless of the size of the browser window. |
Fluid Grid Layout (Chapter 6) | A system for designing layouts that will adapt to three different screen sizes: Mobile, Tablet, and Desktop. |
FLV (Chapter 11) | Video format that you can link or embed on a web page. |
Fold line (Chapter 10) | Term borrowed from newspapers and used to indicate where the paper is folded in half. |
Folders panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel to navigate through and select a folder, and review its contents |
Font libraries (Chapter 8) | Collections of fonts such as typekit.com or google.com/webfonts. |
Form controls (Chapter 9) | An object on a web page, such as a text box, radio button, or check box, that collects information from users. Also referred to as form input, form element, or form field. |
Form elements (Chapter 9) | An object on a web page, such as a text box, radio button, or check box, that collects information from users. Also referred to as form input, form control, or form field. |
Form fields (Chapter 9) | An object on a web page, such as a text box, radio button, or check box, that collects information from users. |
Form inputs (Chapter 9) | An object on a web page, such as a text box, radio button, or check box, that collects information from users. Also referred to as form element, form control, or form field. |
Form labels (Chapter 9) | Identify the form object by its function, such as a “First Name” label beside a text box that collects the user’s first name. |
Form name property (Chapter 9) | A form property that specifies a unique name for the form. |
Form objects (Chapter 9) | Objects such as text boxes or radio buttons into which users type information or from which they make selections. |
GET method (Chapter 9) | A form property that specifies that ASCII data collected in the form will be sent to the server appended to the URL or to the file included in the Action property. |
GIF (Chapter 4) | Graphics Interchange Format |
Global CSS rule (Chapter 8) | A rule that affects all website content. |
Google Video Chat (Chapter 5) | Free application that you use to communicate live with other people through video conferencing, using a high-speed Internet connection and a web camera. |
GPS (Global Positioning System) (Chapter 5) | Devices used to track your position through a global satellite navigation system, and are popular to use for driving directions, hiking, and map making. |
Graphics (Chapter 4) | Non-text items such as pictures or design elements that add visual interest to a web page. |
Grids (Chapter 6) | Provide a graph paper-like view of a page. |
Group selectors (Chapter 8) | To help to reduce the size of style sheets, multiple selectors that share common properties and values can be grouped together. |
Guide (Chapter 10) | A horizontal or vertical line that is used to position page content. |
Guides (Chapter 6) | Horizontal or vertical lines that you drag onto the page from the rulers. |
Height (H) property (Chapter 10) | A property that specifies the height of an AP div either in pixels or as a percentage of the screen height. |
Hidden fields (Chapter 9) | Makes it possible to provide information to the web server and form-processing script without the user knowing that the information is being sent. |
History panel (Chapter 2) | Records each editing and formatting task you perform and displays them in a list in the order in which you completed them. |
Home page (Chapter 1) | The first page that users see when they visit your website. |
Hotspot (Chapter 5) | A clickable area on an image that, when the user clicks it, links to a different location on the page or to another web page. |
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (Chapter 9) | The set of rules (protocol) for transferring information over the Internet. |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (Chapter 9) | The set of rules (protocol) for transferring secure information over the Internet. |
ID type (Chapter 3) | A type of CSS rule that is used to redefine an HTML tag. |
Image field (Chapter 9) | A field that contains an image; can use them to create buttons that contain custom graphics. |
Image map (Chapter 5) | An image that has one or more hotspots placed on top of it. |
Image placeholder (Chapter 4) | A graphic the size of an image you plan to use. |
Importing (Chapter 6) | To bring data created in another software program into Dreamweaver. |
InContext Editing (Chapter 12) | An online service that users can log into and be allowed to make changes to designated editable regions on a page while viewing it in a browser. |
InContext Editing (ICE) (Chapter 6) | This feature sets up editable regions on web pages that users can make changes to while the page is being viewed in a browser. |
Inherit (Chapter 10) | The CSS governing principle that allows for the properties of a parent container to be used to format the content in a child container. |
Inheritance (Chapter 6) | To let the properties from the existing CSS rules format the content, rather than applying additional rules. |
Inline style (Chapter 3) | A style whose code is placed within the body tags of a web page. |
Inline style (Chapter 8) | A style whose code is placed within the body tags of a web page. |
Inspect mode (Chapter 8) | Helps you to identify HTML elements and their associated styles. |
Internal links (Chapter 5) | Links to web pages within the same website. |
Internal or embedded styles (Chapter 3) | Styles that are part of an HTML page rather than comprising a separate file. |
IP address (Chapter 1) | An assigned series of numbers, separated by periods, that designates an address on the Internet. |
Item (Chapter 5) | The name for a link on a Spry Menu bar. |
Java Server Page (JSP) (Chapter 9) | Server-side application used for processing data in a form. |
JavaScript (Chapter 2) | A web-scripting code that interacts with HTML code to create dynamic content, such as rollovers or interactive forms on a web page. |
JavaScript (Chapter 10) | A web-scripting code that interacts with HTML code to create dynamic content, such as rollovers or interactive forms on a web page. |
JavaScript (Jscript) (Chapter 9) | A web-scripting code that interacts with HTML code to create dynamic content, such as rollovers or interactive forms on a web page. |
JPEG or JPG (Chapter 4) | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) (Chapter 11) | Code used by Adobe Edge, it is a subset of JavaScript. |
Jump menus (Chapter 9) | Menus that let users go directly from the current web page to another page in the site with two clicks. |
Keywords (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Words you add to a file to identify, group, and sort files |
Keywords panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel that lists the keywords assigned to a file |
Label tag (Chapter 9) | A form attribute that assigns a descriptive label to a form object. |
LAN (Chapter 7) | A local area network. |
Left property (L) (Chapter 10) | The property that specifies the distance between the left edge of an AP div and the left edge of the page or parent AP div that contains it. |
Library item (Chapter 13) | Content that can contain text or graphics that you plan to use multiple times in your website and is saved in a separate file in the Library folder of your website. |
Licensing agreement (Chapter 7) | The permission given by a copyright holder that conveys the right to use the copyright holder’s work under certain conditions. |
Liquid layout (Chapter 6) | Expresses all widths in percents and changes size depending on the size of the browser window. |
List (Chapter 9) | Group of choices made available in a menu. |
Live View (Chapter 9) | A choice on the View menu that lets you add, edit, or delete dynamic content or server behaviors. |
Local root folder (Chapter 1) | Folder which houses all the files for your website. |
Local site folder (Chapter 1) | Folder which houses all the files for your website. |
Locked region (Chapter 12) | An area on a template that cannot be changed by users of the template. |
Low-bandwidth animations (Chapter 11) | Animations that don’t require a fast connection to work properly. |
Match.com (Chapter 5) | Social networking site. |
Media object (Chapter 11) | A combination of visual and audio effects and text to create a fully engaging experience with a website. |
Media Queries (Chapter 8) | A new feature introduced in Dreamweaver 5.5, are files that specify set parameters for displaying pages on separate devices, such as tablets or smart phones |
Media-dependent style sheets (Chapter 8) | Tools for identifying the device being used and for formatting the page appropriately. |
Menu (Chapter 9) | An area on a web page that contains links to the main pages of a website. |
Menu bar (Chapter 2) | An area on a web page that contains links to the main pages of a website. |
Merge (Chapter 6) | To combine multiple cells into one cell. |
Metadata (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | File information you add to a file with tags (words) that are used to identify and describe the file |
Metadata (Chapter 7) | Includes information about a file such as keywords, descriptions, and copyright information. |
Metadata panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel that lists the metadata for a selected file |
Method property (Chapter 9) | A form property that specifies the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used to send the form data to a web server. |
MOV (Chapter 11) | Apple Quick Time. Video format that you can link or embed on a web page. |
Multiscreen Preview (Chapter 2) | Feature that allows you to see what a page would look like if it were viewed on a mobile hand-held device, such as a phone or tablet. |
Named anchor (Chapter 5) | A specific location on a web page that has a descriptive name. |
Navigation bar (Chapter 2) | An area on a web page that contains links to the main pages of a website. |
Nested (Chapter 6) | A table or tab that is placed inside another. |
Nested AP element (Chapter 10) | The resulting container that an AP div tag creates on a page. |
Nested table (Chapter 6) | A table placed inside another table. |
Nested template (Chapter 12) | A template that is based on another template. |
No right-click script (Chapter 4) | JavaScript code that will not allow users to display the shortcut menu by right-clicking an image. |
Numbered lists (Chapter 3) | Ordered lists of items that are presented in a specific sequence that are preceded by sequential numbers or letters. |
Ogg (Chapter 11) | A free open container format developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. Video format that you can link or embed on a web page. |
Online communities (Chapter 5) | Are social websites you can join, such as Facebook and Twitter, where you can communicate with others by posting messages or media content. |
Opacity (Chapter 4) | Various degrees of transparency. |
Optional region (Chapter 12) | Region on a template that template users can choose to either show or hide. |
Ordered lists (Chapter 3) | Numbered lists of items that are presented in a specific sequence that are preceded by sequential numbers or letters. |
Orphaned files (Chapter 5) | Files that are not linked to any pages in the website. |
Overflow property (Chapter 10) | A property that specifies how to handle excess content that does not fit inside an AP div. |
Parent container (Chapter 6) | A container with other tags falling between its opening and closing tags. |
Parent keywords (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Keywords that are a higher level than child keywords |
Path (Chapter 1) | Location of the open file in relation to other folders in the website. |
Path (Chapter 5) | The name and location of the web page or file that will open when viewers click the element. |
Path bar (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Where you see the path for the selected folder in the Folders panel that you are currently viewing |
Permissions process (Chapter 7) | The process of obtaining permission to legally use content (such as text, photos, music, trademarks, and merchandise) in a work such as a website or book. |
Pinterest (Chapter 5) | Social networking site. It is an online pinboard for sharing crafts, recipes, and other items of interest. |
Plug-in (Chapter 11) | A small computer program that works with a host application, such as a web browser, to allow it to perform certain functions. |
PNG (Chapter 4) | Portable Network Graphics |
Podcasts (Programming On Demand) (Chapter 5) | Digitally broadcasted files that users can download and play. |
POST method (Chapter 9) | A form property that specifies that the form data should be sent to the processing script as a binary or encrypted file, allowing you to send data securely. |
Preview panel (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Panel where a preview of a selected file appears |
Progressive video download (Chapter 11) | A download type that will download a video to a user’s computer, and then allow the video to play before it has completely downloaded. |
Properties pane (Chapter 8) | The bottom half of the CSS Styles panel that lists a selected rule’s properties. |
Pseudo class styles (Chapter 8) | Styles that determine the appearance of a page element when a certain condition resulting from information external to the HTML source is met. |
Public domain (Chapter 7) | Work that is no longer protected by copyright and can be used however you wish for any purpose. |
Radio button (Chapter 9) | A form object that provides an option for selecting a form item; displays as a small circle in a form. |
Radio group (Chapter 9) | A group of radio buttons used to provide a list of options from which only one selection can be made. |
RDS (Chapter 7) | A connection type that is used with web servers using Cold Fusion. |
Related files (Chapter 3) | Files that are linked to a document and are necessary for the document to display and function correctly. |
Relative path (Chapter 5) | Type of path that references web pages and image files within the same website. |
Remote server (Chapter 1) | A web server that hosts websites and is not directly connected to the computer housing the local site. |
Remote site (Chapter 1) | A site that has been published to a remote server. |
Reset button (Chapter 9) | A button, that, when clicked, will clear data from a form and reset it to its default values. |
Rollover (Chapter 2) | Special effect that changes the appearance of an object when the mouse moves over it. |
Rollover image (Chapter 11) | An image that changes its appearance when the mouse pointer is placed over it in a browser. |
Root template (Chapter 12) | An existing template that has nested templates based on it. |
Rows (Chapter 6) | Horizontal arrangement of cells. |
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) (Chapter 5) | Way to share information with viewers of a site. |
RSS feeds (Chapter 5) | Distribution of news stories, information about upcoming events, and announcements. |
Rule of thirds (Chapter 2) | A design principle that entails dividing a page into nine squares and then placing the page elements of most interest on the intersections of the grid lines. |
Rules (Chapter 3) | Sets of formatting attributes for page content. |
Rules pane (Chapter 8) | Displays the location of the current selected rule in the open document. |
Sans-serif (Chapter 3) | Block-style characters that are often used for headings and subheadings. |
Scope creep (Chapter 1) | Making impromptu changes or additions to a project without corresponding increases in the schedule or budget. |
Secure FTP (SFTP) (Chapter 7) | An FTP option that lets you encrypt file transfers to protect your files, user names, and passwords. |
Secure Socket Layer (Chapter 9) | The industry standard for viewing and sending confidential information over the Internet by encrypting the data. |
Selector (Chapter 3) | Name of the tag to which the style declarations have been assigned. |
Serif (Chapter 3) | Fonts that are more ornate and contain small extra strokes at the beginning and end of the characters. |
Server-side scripting (Chapter 10) | A method used to process information a form collects using applications that reside on the web server. |
Server-side scripting (Chapter 9) | A method used to process information a form collects and uses applications that reside on the web server. |
Site definition (Chapter 7) | Contains important information about the website, including its URL, preferences that you’ve specified, and other secure information, such as login and password information. |
Site map (Chapter 5) | A list of all the website’s pages. |
Skin (Chapter 11) | A graphic element placed over or below a video. |
Skype (Chapter 5) | Free application that you use to communicate live with other people through video conferencing, using a high-speed Internet connection and a web camera. |
Slider (Chapter 2) | Can be dragged on the left side of the History panel to undo or redo steps. |
Smart Object (Chapter 4) | An image layer that stores image data from raster or vector images. |
Social Networking (Chapter 5) | Any web-based service that facilitates social interaction among users. |
Split (Chapter 6) | To divide a cell into multiple rows or columns. |
Spry data set (Chapter 9) | A JavaScript object that stores data in rows and columns. |
Spry effects (Chapter 11) | Screen effects such as fading and enlarging page elements. |
Spry framework (Chapter 5) | Open source code developed by Adobe Systems to help designers quickly incorporate dynamic content on their web pages, also called Spry. |
Spry framework (Chapter 9) | A JavaScript library that provides access to reusable widgets that you can add to your pages. |
Spry framework for AJAX (Chapter 11) | A JavaScript library that provides access to reusable widgets that you can add to web pages. |
Spry menu bar (Chapter 5) | One of the pre-set widgets available in Dreamweaver that creates a dynamic, user-friendly menu bar that is easy to insert and customize. |
Spry Validation Field widgets (Chapter 9) | Fields that display valid or invalid states when text is being entered in a form on a web page. |
Spry widget (Chapter 9) | A page element that enables user interaction on a web page. |
Spry widgets (Chapter 11) | A page element that enables user interaction on a web page. |
State (Chapter 5) | The condition of the item relative to the mouse pointer. |
Static content (Chapter 9) | Refers to page content that does not change or allow user interaction. |
Step (Chapter 2) | Each task listed in the History panel. |
Streaming video download (Chapter 11) | A download method that uses buffers to gather the content as it is downloading to ensure a smoother playback. |
Sub keywords (Using Adobe Bridge to Manage Assets) | Subcategories of parent keywords |
Submit button (Chapter 9) | A button which, when clicked, will send the data from a form on a web page to a web server to be processed. |
Summary for Selection pane (Chapter 8) | The top half of the CSS Styles panel that displays the selected rule’s properties when the Switch to Current Selection Mode button is selected. |
Swap Image behavior (Chapter 11) | JavaScript code that directs the browser to display a different image when the mouse is rolled over an image on a web page. |
Swap Image Restore (Chapter 11) | JavaScript code that directs the browser to restore a swapped image back to the original image. |
Synchronize command (Chapter 7) | A Dreamweaver command that compares the names, dates, and times on all files on a local and remote site, then transfers only the files that have changed since the last upload. |
Table caption (Chapter 6) | Appears at the top of a table and describes the table contents. |
Table headers (Chapter 6) | Placed at the top or sides of a table containing data. |
Tables (Chapter 6) | Placeholders made up of small boxes called cells. |
Tabs (Chapter 8) | Look similar to file folder tabs and are used for navigation above the top of page content. |
Tag type (Chapter 3) | A classification by type of style used to redefine an HTML tag. |
Target (Chapter 5) | The location on a web page that a browser displays when users click an internal link. |
Target property (Chapter 9) | In a form, the property that lets you specify the window in which you want the form data to be processed, such as _blank, which opens a form in a separate browser window. |
Template (Chapter 12) | Web page that contains the basic layout for each page in the site, including the location of a company logo, banner, or navigation links. |
Terms of use (Chapter 7) | Rules that govern how a user may use a website’s text and media. |
Testing server (Chapter 9) | Set up to evaluate how the form works and the data is processed. |
Text area field (Chapter 9) | A text field that can store several lines of text. |
Text fields (Chapter 9) | A form object used for collecting a string of characters such as a name. |
Thumbnail image (Chapter 4) | Small version of a larger image, used so that more images will fit on the page. |
Tiled image (Chapter 4) | A small image that repeats across and down a web page, appearing as individual squares or rectangles. |
Top property (T) (Chapter 10) | The property that specifies the distance between the top edge of an AP div and the top edge of the page or a parent AP div. |
Tracing image (Chapter 6) | An image that is placed in the background of a document. |
Trademark (Chapter 7) | Protects an image, word, slogan, symbol, or design used to identify goods or services. |
Tumblr (Chapter 5) | Popular blog where you can post and share text, photos, music, and videos. |
Tweets (Chapter 5) | Short messages of no more than 140 characters that are posted on Twitter. |
Twitter (Chapter 5) | Website where viewers can post short messages, called tweets of no more than 140 characters. |
Unordered lists (Chapter 3) | Lists of items that do not need to appear in a specific sequence. |
Upload (Chapter 7) | To copy your files from the local version of your site to the remote host. |
URL (Chapter 2) | Uniform Resource Locator |
URL (Chapter 1) | Domain name. |
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) (Chapter 5) | Address of the destination page. |
Validate markup (Chapter 7) | A Dreamweaver command that searches through the HTML code to flag code that could cause errors to occur with different language versions, such as XHTML or XML. |
Vector-based graphics (Chapter 11) | Scalable graphics that are built using mathematical formulas, rather than with pixels. |
Vis property (Chapter 10) | Lets you control whether the selected AP div is visible. |
Vodcasts/Vidcasts (Chapter 5) | Video podcasts. |
VSS (Chapter 7) | A connection type used only with the Windows operating system with Microsoft Visual SafeSource Client version 6. |
Web 2.0 (Chapter 5) | Describes the recent evolution of web applications that facilitate and promote information sharing among Internet users. |
Web cam (Chapter 5) | Short for Web camera. |
Web server (Chapter 7) | A computer with software that enables it to host websites and is connected to the Internet with an IP (Internet Protocol) address so that it is available on the Internet. |
WebDav (Chapter 7) | This type of connection is used with the WebDav protocol. An example would be a website residing on an Apache web server. |
WebM (Chapter 11) | An open royalty-free media format sponsored by Google. |
Widget (Chapter 5) | A piece of code that allows a user to interact with a program, such as clicking a menu item to open a page. |
Width (W) property (Chapter 10) | The property that specifies the width of an AP div, either in pixels or as a percentage of the screen width. |
Wiki (Chapter 5) | Refers to a site where a user can use simple editing tools to contribute and edit the page content in a site. (named for the Hawaiian word for “Quick”.) |
Wikipedia (Chapter 5) | An online encyclopedia which allows viewers to post new information and edit existing information on any topic. |
WOFF (Web Open Face Format) fonts (Chapter 8) | Proposed to the W3C in 2010 as a standard font format for all web browsers to use. |
WYSIWYG (Chapter 6) | The acronym for What You See Is What You Get, and means that your page should look the same in the browser as it does in the web editor. |
XML (Chapter 6) | A language that you use to structure blocks of information, similar to HTML. It uses similar opening and closing tags and the nested tag structure that HTML documents use. |
XSL (Chapter 6) | Stylesheet information that formats the containers created by XML. |
XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) (Chapter 6) | Interprets the code in the XSL file to transform an XML document. |
YouTube (Chapter 5) | Website where you can upload and share videos. |
Z-index property (Chapter 10) | A property that specifies the vertical stacking order of AP divs on a page. |