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cascading style sheet An HTML syntax that gives authors precise control over the formatting of text in Web pages. Formatting information is stored in a Web site in style sheets, and can be applied to whole pages or parts of pages.
cell The smallest component of a table. In a table, a row or column contains one or more cells.
cell padding The space between the contents and inside edges of a table cell.
cell spacing The amount of space between cells in a table. Cell spacing is the thickness, in pixels, of the walls of each cell.
CERN image map dispatcher The program HTIMAGE.EXE, which handles server-side image maps in the Personal Web Server when the image map style is set to “CERN” in the FrontPage Explorer.
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) A standard method of extending Web server functionality by executing programs or scripts on a Web server in response to Web browser requests. A common use of CGI is in form processing, where the browser sends the form data to a CGI script on the server, and the script integrates the data with a database and sends back a results page as HTML.
change style dropdown A dropdown list on the FrontPage Editor’s toolbar from which you can choose a format for the currently selected paragraphs or apply a style from a style sheet.
channel A push technology that allows users to subscribe to a Web site to browse offline, automatically display updated pages on their screen savers, and download or receive notifications when pages in the Web site are modified. Channels are available only in browsers that support channel definitions, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0.
Channel Definition Format (CDF) file A file that enables users to access your FrontPage web as a channel in browsers that support channel definitions, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0. The CDF file provides an index of resources available on your channel and a recommended schedule for updating the channel on the user’s computer. The FrontPage Channel Definition Wizard uses your input to create a CDF file that allows users to subscribe to your FrontPage web as a channel, a screen saver, or a desktop component, as well as receive e-mail notification when specific files change.
check box A form field that can be chosen by clicking a box. When a box is selected, it is usually displayed with a check mark or X. Check boxes are usually grouped to represent a set of choices. Users can select more than one check box in a form. See also radio button.
child page A page that is part of the navigation structure of a FrontPage web and that is linked to a parent page. A child page is accessed from its parent page by following a link from a navigation bar on the parent page. Web content on a child page often provides more detailed information related to the content on the parent page. See also navigation bar, peer page.
child web A named subdirectory of the root web that is a whole FrontPage web and is separate from the root web. Any number of child webs can be under the root web. Each child web can have many levels of subdirectories, making up its content. Note that child webs only go to one level. FrontPage does not support creating child webs within child webs.
class selector In a cascading style sheet style-definition (or style rule), a subset of a selector that controls whether the same selector can be used for slightly different styles in different situations. In FrontPage you can define or apply class selectors by clicking the Style button on the element’s Properties dialog box, and then defining or applying the class selector in the Style dialog box.
client On the Internet, a program that requests files or services from a server.
client-side image map An image map that encodes the destination URL of each hotspot directly in a page. Client-side image maps do not require processing from a server to follow the hyperlinks on the image map, so they are more efficient. However, not all Web browsers support client-side image maps.
client-side program On the Internet, a program that is run on a client computer rather than on a server computer. Client-side programs do not communicate over the Internet.
clip art A collection of icons, buttons, and other useful image files, along with sound and video files that can be inserted into pages.
clipboard A temporary storage area on a computer for cut or copied items.
code page See HTML character encoding.
column In a table, a vertical collection of cells.
comment Text that you can view in the FrontPage Editor but that will not be displayed by a Web browser. Comment text appears purple in the FrontPage Editor and retains the character-size and other attributes of the current paragraph style.
Confirmation Field A FrontPage component that is replaced with the contents of a form field. It is useful on a form confirmation page, where it can echo a user’s name or any other data entered into a field.
confirmation page A page that is displayed in a Web browser after a form has been submitted by a user. The confirmation page usually displays the user’s name and other data from the form. You specify a form’s confirmation page in the form handler’s dialog box.
Contents Pane In the FrontPage Explorer’s Folders view, the right portion of the screen, which shows the files contained in the folder selected in the All Folders pane.
converter A program that converts a text file, or a portion of a text file, from one format to another. For example, FrontPage includes a Microsoft Word to HTML converter. See also filter.
crop To reduce the size of an image by eliminating all portions outside of a resizable box that is dragged over the image. The FrontPage Editor’s image toolbar contains a Crop command.
current FrontPage web The FrontPage web currently opened in the FrontPage Explorer.
custom dictionary A list of words not in the standard dictionary but that an author wants accepted by the spelling checker as correct.
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