(Shelly Cashman Series) Gary B. Shelly, H. Albert Napier, Ollie N. Rivers-Web design_ introductory concepts and techniques -Cengage Learning (2008)

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social bookmarking: Web sites that
allow users to share their Web page
favorites, bookmarks, and tags. 6–7
social networking: Web sites
that allow participants to
create a network of friends or
business contacts and then use
communication tools provided by
the site to interact with those in
their personal network. 6–7
member pages, 43
society, influence of Web on, 4
software
color matching, 106
CSS editor, 107
illustration, 141–142
image editing, 142
screen capture, 140–141
video editing, 170
Web server log analysis, 203
sound. See audio
spam: Unsolicited e-mail messages,
especially advertising messages. 200
spider: Search engine software that
automatically browses the Web
looking for Web pages to add to
the search engine’s index. 21
splash page: A starting or Web
site entry page that uses images,
animation, and sound to capture
visitors’ attention. 78–80, APP 4
sponsored links, 22
SSL. See Secure Socket Layer
staging server: A temporary Web
server used to test prepublished
Web pages. 184
stereo (two-channel): Two audio
channels. 169
stock photographs, 83, 138
storyboard: A series of pages that
graphically presents a Web site’s
structure. 88–89
stream: To transfer streaming media
to a browser. 84
streaming audio: Audio that begins
playing as it is delivered by the
server. 168–169
streaming media: Video or sound
that continuously downloads
to a computer to be watched or
listened to in real time. 12, 170
advantages, disadvantages of, 167
streaming video: Video that begins
playing as it is delivered by the
server. 168, 170
structure: The linked arrangement
of a Web site’s underlying pages
from the home page. 88–92,
APP 5
style: A group of formatting
properties, such as font or font
size, applied to selected text as a
group. 107
inverted pyramid, 51–52
type, 132
style rule: A CSS formatting
specification that includes one
or more formatting properties
and their values to be applied to
specific HTML tags. 107
style sheet: A CSS text document
containing style rules for Web
page formatting and content
placement that may be embedded
in a Web page or linked to a Web
page. 107
cascading. See Cascading Style
Sheets
conflicts, APP 26
surfing the Web. See browsing
the Web
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), 145
symmetric: A balanced arrangement
of Web page elements that
suggests a conservative, safe, and
peaceful atmosphere. 45
syntax, style rule, APP 24–25
T
T-1 line: Popular T-carrier line
often used by businesses to
connect to the Internet. 13
T-3 line: A T-carrier line equal in
speed to 28 T-1 lines; the most
expensive T-carrier connection
method. 13
T-carrier line: Any of several
types of digital lines that carry
multiple signals over a single
communication line. 13
tab navigation system, 118–120
table: An arrangement of columns
and rows. 110–112
tag line: A concise statement that
a consumer readily associates
with a business, organization, or
product. 47
Tagged Image File Format
(TIFF): A standard image file
format for scanning and storage,
which can be edited and saved
multiple times without losing
quality. 140, 143
tag: A keyword that references
specific images or documents. 6
HTML. See HTML tags
meta, 21–22
target: The page to which a link
points. 116
target audience: The type of
visitors to whom a Web site’s
content is directed. 73, 124–125
design tips summary, APP 4
testing, 184–186
target audience profile: The
demographic and psychographic
characteristics of the visitors to
whom a Web site’s content is
directed. 73–74
telephone, accessing the Web using,
11–13
template. See Web template
testing
retesting Web sites, 201–204
Web site navigation system, 115
Web sites, 184–186, APP 7
text
adding to images, 136
alternative. See alternative text
chunked. See chunked text
as component of Web sites, 81
megapixel, 139
typography. See typography
text editor: Software used to create
plain (ASCII) text files. 27
text link: Specially formatted text
that a visitor clicks to jump to
another area of a Web page, a
different Web page at the same
site, or a Web page at a different
site. 3, 116
formatting, 117
threats, active content, 27