An Internet address which includes
the protocol an complete network location of a file or sever.
Example: http://www.microsoft.com
is an absolute URL. This is used instead of a relative URL which
simply describes the path to a file within the same domain. Example
/cgi-bin/test.cgi.
anonymous FTP
A file transfer (FTP) service which
allows anyone to download files without a specified login/password
pair. This may also be used for uploading documents in the same
manner.
bookmark
(as used
in FrontPage)
This is a location within a page that
can be targeted by a hyperlink. This is also know as an anchor. A
common use in a URL looks like this: http://www.sitedirections.com/frontpage/glossary.htm#c
Notice the hash mark after glossary.htm.
cell
This is the smallest component of a
table. A table may have one or more cells within any one row.
cell
padding
Space between the contents of a cell
and the inside edges of that cell. A table with no cell padding will
wrap tightly around its contents.
cell
spacing
The distance between cells within a
table. A table with a cell spacing of 5 will push each cell 5 pixels
away from each other.
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. A standard
mechanism used to extend Web server functionality, allowing the Web
server to take data from an Internet user, process the data and
return results based on that data.
checkbox
A type of form field which allows an
Internet User select an item by simply clicking inside a box. This
is typically used to represent a set of non-exclusive choices.
client-side image map
An image map that encodes the
destination URL of each hotspot directly in the page. Client-side
image maps do not require processing from your server to respond to
clicks on the image map, so they are more efficient. However, not
all browsers support client-side image maps.
client-side program
On the Internet, a program that is
run on the client machine rather than on the server machine.
Client-side programs do not communicate over the Internet.
clip art
A collection of icons, buttons, and
other generally useful graphics files that can be inserted into
pages.
clipboard
A temporary storage area on the
computer for cut or copied items.
comment
Text that you can view in the
FrontPage Editor but that will not be displayed by a Web browser.
Comment text is displayed in purple and retains the character-size
and other attributes of the current paragraph style.
column
In a table, a vertical collection of
cells.
configuration variable
Information about a FrontPage web or
page that can be displayed by WebBot form results components or
WebBot Substitution components when the page is browsed. FrontPage
includes standard web configuration and page configuration
variables. You can define new configuration variables by editing the
Parameters tab of the FrontPage Explorer Web Settings dialog box.
confirmation page
A page that is displayed in the
browser after a form has been submitted by a user. The confirmation
page usually echoes the user’s name and other data from the form.
You specify a form’s confirmation page in the form handler’s
dialog box.
converter
A tool that converts a file, or a
portion of a file, from one format to another. For example,
FrontPage includes a Microsoft Word to HTML converter.
custom dictionary
A dictionary of words that are not in
the standard dictionary but that should be accepted by the spelling
checker as correct. The custom dictionary is built by the spelling
checker Microsoft FrontPage\data\Fpcustom.dic. You can edit this
file with a text editor.
default hyperlink
In an image map, the hyperlink to
follow when the user clicks outside of any hotspots on the image.
You set the default hyperlink by editing the Default Link field in
the Image Properties dialog box.
definition
The style of the second of a pair of
paragraphs composing a definition list entry. The first paragraph in
the pair is the term.
definition list
A list of alternating term and
definition paragraphs. Definition lists are often used to implement
dictionaries in FrontPage webs. See also term and definition.
discussion group
A FrontPage web that supports
interactive discussions by users. Users submit topics by entering
text in a form, and they can search the group using a search form or
access articles using a table of contents.
discussion group directory
A directory in a FrontPage web
containing all of the articles in a discussion group. The name of a
discussion group directory begins with an underscore character and
is created automatically by FrontPage. Discussion group directories
are not normally visible from the FrontPage Explorer. However, they
can be searched by a WebBot Search component.
drop-down menu field
A form field that presents a list of
selections in drop-down menu style. A drop-down menu form field can
be configured to permit the selection of many fields or a single
field.
editor
An interactive program that can
create and modify files of a particular type. For example, the
FrontPage Editor is an HTML editor.
e-mail
(electronic mail) A service for
sending messages electronically, over a computer network.
emphasis text
The HTML character style used for
mild emphasis. Certain browsers display emphasized text as italic.
EPS
(Encapsulated PostScript) An
extension of the PostScript graphics file format developed by Adobe
Systems. EPS lets PostScript graphics files be incorporated into
other documents. FrontPage supports importing EPS files.
Ethernet
A commonly used local area network
(LAN) technology.
extended attribute
An HTML attribute not directly
supported in FrontPage. In FrontPage, extended attributes are
assigned to an object such as a page or image using the Extended
button in the object’s properties dialog box.
external hyperlink
A hyperlink to any file that is
outside the current FrontPage web.
FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions) A common
type of document on the Internet that contains a list of questions
and answers on a common theme. On the World Wide Web, questions are
often hyperlinks to the answers.
file
A named collection of information
that is stored on a computer disk. Also, an Internet protocol that
refers to files on the local disk. You can create file hyperlinks
(file://) in the FrontPage Editor using the Insert Hyperlink
command.
file type
The format of a file, usually
indicated by its filename extension. Editors usually work on a
limited set of file types. Use the Choose Editors command in the
FrontPage Editor to select the application with which to edit
different file types in FrontPage.
finger
An Internet program that displays
information about the users currently logged on to a computer.
Folder View
In the FrontPage Explorer, the view
of a FrontPage web that shows the containment relationship between
folders in the FrontPage web. You can create, delete, copy, and move
folders in the Folder View.
form
A set of data entry fields on a page
that are processed on the server. The data is sent to the server
when the user submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some
cases, by clicking on an image.
form handler
A program on a server that executes
when a user submits a form. A FrontPage form is associated with a
form handler in the Form Properties dialog box.
formatted text
A mono-spaced paragraph style in
which all white space (such as tabs and spaces) is displayed by the
browser. In other text styles, extra white space may be ignored by
the browser.
formatting toolbar
The FrontPage Editor toolbar
containing commands that reformat selected paragraphs or text.
frame
A named element of a frame set. A
frame appears in a Web browser as a scrollable window in which pages
can be displayed. You assign a page to a frame when you create a
hyperlink to the page.
FrontPage Server Extensions
A set of programs and scripts that
support FrontPage and extend the functionality of the Web server.
The FrontPage Server Extensions are available for the Microsoft
Internet Information Server and other popular Windows NT and UNIX
Web servers. They are included in all of our design quotes.
FrontPage web
A home page and its associated pages,
images, documents, multimedia, and other files that is stored on a
World Wide Web server or on a computer’s hard drive. A FrontPage
web also contains files that support FrontPage functionality such as
WebBot components, and that allow the web to be opened, copied,
edited, and administered in the FrontPage Explorer.
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) The Internet
service that transfers files from one computer to another. You can
create ftp hyperlinks (ftp://) in the FrontPage Editor.
GIF
(Graphics Interchange Format) A
commonly used method of encoding images that contain up to 256
colors.
heading
A paragraph type that is displayed in
a large, bold typeface. The size of a heading is related to its
level: Heading 1 is the largest, Heading 2, the next largest, and so
on. Use headings to name pages and parts of pages.
hidden field
A form field that is invisible to the
user but that supplies data to the form handler. Each hidden field
is implemented as a name-value pair. When the form is submitted by
the user, its hidden fields are passed to the form-handler along
with name-value pairs for each visible form field. You add hidden
fields to FrontPage by clicking Add in the Form Properties dialog
box.
hidden directory
A folder in a FrontPage web with a
name beginning with an underscore character, as in _hidden. By
default, pages and files in hidden folders cannot be viewed from the
FrontPage Explorer.
home page
The starting point on a Web server. It
is the page that is retrieved and displayed by default when a user
visits the Web server. The default home-page name for a server depends
on the server’s configuration. On most Web servers, it is index.html
or index.htm. Some servers support multiple home pages.
horizontal line
A horizontal graphic element on a
World Wide Web page often used to separate sections of the page.
hotspot
A graphically defined area in an
image that contains a hyperlink. An image with hotspots is called an
image map. In browsers, hotspots are invisible. Users can tell that
a hotspot is present by the changing appearance of the pointer.
HTML
(HyperText Markup Language). The
standard language for describing the contents and structure of pages
on the World Wide Web. The FrontPage Page Editor reads and writes
HTML files. You do not need to know anything about HTML syntax to
use FrontPage.
HTML attribute
A name-value pair used within an HTML
tag to assign additional properties to the object being defined.
FrontPage assigns some attributes automatically when you create an
object such as a paragraph or image map. You can assign other
attributes by editing the Properties dialog box.
HTTP
(HyperText Transport Protocol) The
Internet protocol that allows World Wide Web browsers to retrieve
information from servers.
hyperlink
A jump from text or from an image map
to a page or other type of file on the World Wide Web. In World Wide
Web pages, hyperlinks are the primary way to navigate between pages
and among Web sites.
Hyperlink View
A graphical view in the FrontPage
Explorer that displays graphically shows the hyperlinks among pages
and other files in your FrontPage web along with the hyperlinks from
your FrontPage web to other World Wide Web sites.
hypertext
Originally, any textual information
on a computer containing jumps to other information. The hypertext
jumps are called hyperlinks. In World Wide Web pages hypertext is
the primary way to navigate between pages and among Web sites.
Hypertext on World Wide Web pages has been expanded to include
hyperlinks from text and hyperlinks from image maps.
IIS
(Internet Information Server)
Microsoft's high-performance, secure, and extensible Internet server
based on Windows NT Server. IIS supports the World Wide Web, FTP,
and gopher.
image alignment
In FrontPage, the specification of
how images and text are aligned with each other on the page. You
specify image alignment in FrontPage by editing the Image Properties
dialog box.
image form field
A form field that displays an image
in a form. By clicking the image, the user either submits or clears
the form.
image map
An image containing one or more
invisible regions, called hotspots, which are assigned hyperlinks.
Typically, an image map gives users visual cues about the
information made available by clicking on each part of the image.
For example, a geographical map could be made into an image map by
assigning hotspots to each region of interest on the map.
image toolbar
The FrontPage Editor toolbar that
contains commands that operate on images. You use the image toolbar
to create hotspots, for example.
inline image
An image that is embedded in a line
of text rather than in its own window. In FrontPage, images are
inline by default.
internal hyperlink
A hyperlink to any file that is
inside the current FrontPage web.
internal web
A World Wide Web site created within
an organization and accessible only to members of that organization
on an intranet.
Internet
The global computer network, composed
of thousands of Wide Area Networks (WANs) and Local Area Networks
(LANs), that uses TCP\IP to provide world-wide communications to
homes, schools, businesses, and governments. The World Wide Web runs
on the Internet.
IP
(Internet Protocol) Internet software
that divides data into packets for transmission over the Internet.
Computers must run IP to communicate across the Internet. See also
TCP.
IP address
(Internet Protocol address) The
standard way of identifying a computer that is connected to the
Internet, much the way a telephone number identifies a telephone on
a telephone network. The IP address is four numbers separated by
periods, and each number is less than 256, for example,
192.200.44.69. Your system administrator or Internet service
provider will assign your machine an IP address.
ISAPI
(Internet Server Application
Programming Interface) A high-performance Web server application
development interface, developed by Process Software and Microsoft
Corporation, that can be used in place of CGI.
Java
A general-purpose programming
language created by Sun Microsystems. Java can be used to create
Java applets. A Java program is downloaded from the Web server and
interpreted by a program running on the machine containing the Web
browser.
Java applet
A short program written in Java that
is attached to a World Wide Web page and executed by the browser
machine.
JavaScript
A cross-platform, World Wide Web
scripting language developed by Netscape Communications. JavaScript
code is inserted directly into the HTML page.
JPEG
(Joint Photographic Expert Group) A
color image format with excellent compression for most kinds of
images. JPEG is commonly used on the World Wide Web for 24-bit color
images.
LAN
(Local Area Network) A computer
network technology that is designed to connect computers that are
separated by a short distance. A LAN can be connected to the
Internet and can also be configured as an intranet.
line break
A special character that forces a new
line on the page without creating a new paragraph.
list
A group of paragraphs formatted to
indicate membership in a set or in a sequence of steps. In the
FrontPage Editor you can create numbered lists or bulleted lists,
menus, directories, or definitions.
mailto
The Internet protocol that is used to
send electronic mail. You can create mailto hyperlinks (mailto://)
in the FrontPage Editor.
marquee
A region on a page that displays a
horizontally scrolling message. To create a marquee in FrontPage,
you apply the Scrolling Text format.
menu list
A list of short paragraph entries
formatted with little white space between them.
meta tag
An HTML tag that must appear in the
<head> portion of the page. Meta tags supply information about
the page but do not effect its display. A standard meta tag,
"generator" is used to supply the type of editor that
created the HTML page.
Microsoft Image Composer
A powerful image composing and
editing application that is integrated with FrontPage.
MIME type
(Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions type) A method used by Web browsers to associate files of
a certain type with helper applications that display files of that
type.
multihosting
The ability of a Web server to
support more than one Internet address and more than one home page
on a single server. Also called multihoming.
name-value pair
The name of a form field and the
value of the field at the time the form is submitted. Each field in
a form can have one or more name-value pairs, and the form itself
can have one or more name-value pairs.
NCSA image map dispatcher
The program
IMAGEMAP.EXE, which
handles server-side image maps when the image map style is
"NCSA" and you are using the FrontPage Personal Web
Server.
nested list
A list that is contained within a
member of another list. Nesting is indicated by indentation in most
Web browsers. When you create one list element within another list
element in FrontPage, the new list element is automatically nested.
network location
In a URL, the unique name that
identifies an Internet server. A network location has two or more
parts, separated by periods, as in my.network.location. Also called
host name and Internet address.
NSAPI
(Netscape Server Application
Programming Interface) A Netscape-only Web server application
development interface, developed by Netscape Communications
Corporation.
numbered list
The World Wide Web page paragraph
style that presents an ordered list of items.
OLE
(Object Linking and Embedding) An
object system created by Microsoft. OLE lets the author invoke
different editor components to create a compound document.
one-line text box
A labeled, single-line form field in
which users can type text.
page
A single document in a World Wide Web
site written using the HTML language. You use the FrontPage Editor to
create, modify, and test pages, without having to learn HTML.
page title
A text string identifying a page. The
page title is displayed in the FrontPage Explorer and is used by
many FrontPage Editor and FrontPage Explorer commands.
paragraph style
A label for a FrontPage Editor
paragraph-type. Paragraph style specifies the type of font to use in
a paragraph, along with the font’s size, and other attributes.
Paragraph style also specifies whether to use bullets and numbering,
and controls indentation and line spacing.
password
A text string that allows a user
access to an Internet service, if the service requires it.
path
The portion of a URL that identifies
the folders containing a file. For example, in the URL http://my.web.site/hello/world/greetings.htm,
the path is /hello/world/.
plug-in
One of a set of software modules that
integrate into Web browsers to offer a range of interactive and
multimedia capabilities.
port
One of the network input/output
channels of a computer running TCP/IP. In the World Wide Web, port
usually refers to the port number a server is running on. A single
computer can have many Web servers running on it, but only one
server can be running on each port. The default port for World Wide
Web servers is 80.
properties
The settings and values that
characterize an item in a FrontPage web, such as the title and URL
of a web, the file name and path of a file, or the name and initial
value of a form field.
protocol
A method of accessing a document or
service over the Internet, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Also called type.
proxy server
An Internet server that acts as a
firewall, mediating traffic between a protected network and the
Internet.
push button
A form field that lets the user
submit the form or that resets the form to its initial state.
radio button
A form field that presents the user
with a selection that can be chosen by clicking on a button. Radio
buttons are presented in a list, one of which is selected by
default. Selecting a new member of the list deselects the currently
selected item.
registered user
A user of a Web site with a recorded
name and password. In a FrontPage web, you can register users with a
WebBot Registration component.
relative URL
The Internet address of a page or
other World Wide Web resource with respect to the Internet address
of the current page. A relative URL gives the path from the current
location of the page to the location of the destination page or
resource. A relative URL can optionally include a protocol. For
example, the relative URL doc/sample.htm refers to the page
sample.htm in the directory doc, below the current directory.
root FrontPage web
The FrontPage web that is provided by
the server by default. To access the root web, you supply the URL of
the server without specifying a page name. FrontPage is installed
with a default root web named <root web>. All FrontPage webs
are contained by the root FrontPage web.
script
A type of computer code than can be
directly executed by a program that understands the language in
which the script is written. Scripts do not need to be compiled into
object code to be executed.
scrolling text box
A labeled, multiple-line form field
in which users can type one or more lines of text.
Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) A low-level protocol that
enables secure communications between a server and FrontPage or a
browser.
selection bar
An unmarked column along the left
edge of the FrontPage Editor window that is used to select text with
the mouse.
server
A computer that offers services on a
network. On the World Wide Web, the server is the computer that runs
the Web server program that responds to HTTP protocol requests by
providing Web pages. Also called host.
server-side image map
An image map that passes the
coordinates of the cursor to a CGI handler routine on the server.
Server-side image maps require your server to compute the target URL
of the hyperlink based on the cursor coordinates.
server-side include
A feature provided by some Web
servers that automatically inserts text onto pages when they are
given to the browser.
SGML
An ISO (International Standards
Organization) markup language for representing documents on
computers. HTML is based on SGML concepts.
size handle
The black rectangle displayed on a
selected form field or hotspot. When you select a size handle, the
cursor becomes a bi-directional arrow. Click and drag a size handle
to reshape the field or hotspot.
special character
A character not in the standard 7-bit
ASCII character set, such as the copyright mark (©). In FrontPage,
you add special characters in the FrontPage Editor using the Symbol
command on the Insert menu.
status bar
The area at the bottom of the
FrontPage Editor or FrontPage Explorer that displays information
about the currently selected command or about an operation in
progress.
strong text
The HTML character style used for
strong emphasis. Certain browsers display this style as bold.
table
One or more rows of cells on a page
used to organize the layout of a page or arrange data
systematically. In FrontPage, you can place anything in a table
cell, including text, images, forms, and WebBot components.
tag selection
In the FrontPage Editor, a method of
selecting a group of paragraphs and other objects on a page. Use tag
selection to select the members of a list, an entire form, or a
WebBot component. To tag select a set of objects, move the cursor to
the left of the objects until the cursor becomes the tag selection
cursor (an arrow pointing to the upper-right), and then
double-click.
task
An item on a FrontPage To Do List
representing one action you need to perform to complete a FrontPage
web. Some tasks are automatically generated by FrontPage Wizards.
You can also add your own tasks to the To Do list.
TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol)
Internet networking software that controls the transmission of
packets of data over the Internet. Among its tasks, TCP checks for
lost packets, puts the data from multiple packets into the correct
order, and requests that missing or damaged packets be resent.
Computers must run TCP to communicate with World Wide Web servers.
template
A set of designed formats for text
and images on which pages and FrontPage webs can be based. After a
page or FrontPage web is created using a template, you can modify
the page or FrontPage web.
thumbnail
A small version of an image on a
World Wide Web page, often containing a hyperlink to a full-size
version of the image.
To Do List
The FrontPage tool that maintains a
list of the tasks required to complete a FrontPage web. To complete
a task on the list, click on it; the program required to do the task
starts up with the correct file opened.
typewriter font
The text style that emulates fixed
pitch typewritten text. Every character in this font is the same
width. Typewriter font is useful for computer code examples and for
presenting sample input from the user.
UNIX
An operating system typically used on
proprietary workstations and computers. Some World Wide Web servers
run on UNIX systems.
URL
(Uniform Resource Locator) A string
that supplies the Internet address of a resource on the World Wide
Web, along with the protocol by which the resource is accessed. The
most common URL type is "http," which gives the Internet
address of a World Wide Web page. Some other URL types are
"gopher," which gives the Internet address of a Gopher
directory, and "ftp," which gives the address of an FTP
resource.
VBScript
visited hyperlink
A hyperlink on a page that has been
activated. Visited hyperlinks are usually displayed in a unique
color by the browser.
Visual SourceSafe
A document source-control system
developed by Microsoft. FrontPage integrates with Visual SourceSafe
if you have it installed.
watermark
An image that appears on the
backgrounds of pages in a Web site to decorate and identify the
pages, but which does not scroll as the page scrolls.
Wizard
A FrontPage program that creates
FrontPage webs and pages based on interaction with the author.
WebBot component
A dynamic object on a page that is
evaluated and executed when the author saves the page or, in some
cases, when the user browses to the page. Most WebBot components
generate HTML.
WebBot component cursor
The robot-shaped cursor that appears
when you move the FrontPage cursor over an area of the page
containing a WebBot component.
WebBot Confirmation Field component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced with the contents of a form field. It is useful on a form
confirmation page, where it can echo the user’s name or any other
data entered into a field.
WebBot Discussion component
A FrontPage form handler that allows
users to participate in an online discussion. The WebBot Discussion
component collects information from a form, formats it into an HTML
page, and adds the page to a table of contents and to a text index.
In addition, the WebBot Discussion component gathers information
from the form and stores it in one of a selection of formats.
WebBot form component
A FrontPage WebBot component that
supplies processing of a form.
WebBot HTML Markup component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced with any arbitrary text you supply when you create the
WebBot component. This text is substituted for the WebBot component
when the page is saved to the server as HTML. Use this WebBot
component to add non-standard HTML commands to a page.
WebBot Include component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced with the contents of another page in the FrontPage web.
This lets you update parts of many pages in one step.
WebBot Registration component
A WebBot form component that allows
users to automatically register themselves for access to a service
implemented as a World Wide Web site. The WebBot Registration
component adds the user to the service's authentication database,
then optionally gathers information from the form and stores it in
one of many available formats.
WebBot Save Results component
A WebBot form component that gathers
information from a form and stores it in one of a selection of
formats. When a user submits the form, the WebBot Save Results
component appends the form information to a file on the server in a
specified format.
WebBot Scheduled Image component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced on the page by an image during a specified time period.
When the time period has expired, the image is no longer displayed.
This is useful for displaying graphical information that has a
limited lifetime, such as the announcement of a new product.
WebBot Scheduled Include component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced with the contents of a file in the FrontPage web during a
specified time period. When the time period has expired, the
contents of the file are no longer displayed. This is useful for
displaying textual information that has a limited lifetime.
WebBot Search component
A FrontPage WebBot component that
creates a form that provides full text-searching capability in your
FrontPage web when the FrontPage web is browsed. When the user
submits a form containing words to locate, the WebBot Search
component returns a list of hyperlinks to the pages in your
FrontPage web containing matches for the words.
WebBot Substitution component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced by the value of a selected page configuration or web
configuration variable.
WebBot Table of Contents component
A FrontPage WebBot component that
creates an outline of your FrontPage web, with hyperlinks to each
page. The WebBot Table of Contents component updates this outline
each time the FrontPage web’s contents change.
WebBot Timestamp component
A FrontPage WebBot component that is
replaced by the date and time the page was last edited or updated.
World Wide Web
The graphical Internet hypertext
service that uses the HTTP protocol to retrieve World Wide Web pages
and other data from World Wide Web servers. Pages on the World Wide
Web usually contain hyperlinks to other pages or to multimedia
files.
WYSIWYG
(What You See Is What You Get). An
editing interface in which the file being created is displayed as it
will appear to the end-user. The FrontPage Editor is a WYSIWYG
editor.
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