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Save Results Form Handler A FrontPage form handler that gathers information from a form and stores it in one of a selection of formats or sends the information to an e-mail address. When a user submits the form, the Save Results Form Handler appends the form information to a file on the server in a specified format.
Scheduled Image A FrontPage 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 or service.
Scheduled Include Page component A FrontPage component that is replaced with the contents of a file in a 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.
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 to be run.
scrolling text box A labeled, multiple-line form field in which users can type one or more lines of text.
Search Form A FrontPage component that creates a form that provides full text-searching capability in your FrontPage web when the FrontPage web is browsed. When a user submits a form containing words to locate, the Search Form returns a list of hyperlinks to the pages in your FrontPage web containing matches for the words.
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) A low-level protocol that enables secure communications between a Web server and FrontPage or a Web browser.
selection bar In the FrontPage Editor, an unmarked column along the left edge of body text that is used to select lines of text by clicking the left mouse button.
selector In a cascading style sheet style-definition (or style rule), the HTML element linked to a particular set of style properties and values.
server A computer that offers services on a network. On the World Wide Web, a server is a computer that runs the Web server software which responds to HTTP protocol requests. Also called host.
server name See network location.
server-side image map An image map that passes the coordinates of the mouse pointer 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 mouse pointer coordinates.
server-side include A feature provided by some Web servers that automatically inserts text onto pages when they are fetched by a Web browser.
SGML An ISO (International Standards Organization) markup language for representing documents on computers. HTML is based on SGML concepts.
shared borders Page regions reserved for content that you want to appear consistently throughout your pages. Shared borders usually contain navigation bars — hyperlinks to the other pages in the current FrontPage web. When you create a FrontPage web in the FrontPage Explorer’s Navigation view, shared borders and navigation bars are automatically created and updated, even when you add, move, or delete pages from the web’s structure.
size handle The black rectangle displayed on a selected form field, image, or hotspot. When you select a size handle, the cursor becomes a bi-directional arrow. Click and drag a size handle to reshape a form field, image, or hotspot.
SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) An Internet standard for transmitting data over serial links between computers.
special character A character not included in the standard 7-bit ASCII character set, such as the copyright mark (©). In FrontPage, you can add special characters using the FrontPage Editor.
standard toolbar The FrontPage Editor toolbar containing the most commonly used menu commands.
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.
style Styles are used in a webs to control the type of font, alignment and spacing of text, appearance of background pages, and other HTML attributes. A collection of styles is called a style sheet. See also cascading style sheet.
sub-web A named subdirectory of the root web that is a complete FrontPage web. Each FrontPage sub-web can have independent administration, authoring and browsing permissions from the root web and other sub-webs. In addition, searches implemented through the FrontPage Search Form are limited to the sub-web, and FrontPage only manages hyperlinks within the sub-web. Any number of sub-webs can be created under the root web. FrontPage does not support creating sub-webs within sub-webs. However, each sub-web can have many levels of subdirectories, organizing its content. See also root web and FrontPage web.
Substitution component A FrontPage component that is replaced by the value of a selected page or web variable.
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