Web Design & Development Flashcards
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language a programming language used to create the content and basic structure of a web page
CSS
Cascading Stylesheets are used to define the way the web page will look.
Javascript
Javascript code provides interactivity to web pages not achievable with simple HTML
head
Contains information relating to the whole page
title
Text to be displayed in the browser tab
body
Start of the page content
h1 to h6
Used for headings and sub-headings
p
Spaces out a paragraph of text
DIV
Divides the HTML code into sections for formatting
link
Provides a link to an external file
a
The anchor tag, used with href attribute to display text on the page that provides a hyperlink to another document or web page
IMG
Used with src attribute to display an image from specified file
audio
Embeds sound content from an audio file on the web page
video
Embeds video content from a video file on the web page
ol
Indicates the start of a numbered list
ul
Indicates the start of a bulleted list
li
Identifies each element in a list
style
Indicates internal style sheet formatting
script
Indicates Javascript code
Internal Hyperlink
Links to a page within the website
External Hyperlink
Links to a page on another website
Relative Addressing
Uses the short or local filename of a page or file,eg, sport.html
Absolute Addressing
Uses the full filename path of a page or file, eg, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport.html
External style sheet
Formatting styles stored in a separate .css file which can be accessed by multiple web pages using the tag in the HEAD section
Internal style sheet
Formatting styles defined within the HEAD section using the tag and accessible only by that web page
Inline style
Formatting styles within the HTML code using the style attribute on any tag
text-family
Style property used to change the font of the text
text-size
Style property used to change the size of the text
color
Style property used to change the colour of the text
text-align
Style property used to change the position of the text
background-color
Style property used to change the colour behind the text
CSS selector
The part of the CSS rule used within the HTML code to indicate the styles to be used
CSS ID
Identified by # and a given name, are unique to one element on the web page
CSS CLASS
Identified by . and a given name, can be used on multiple elements on the web page
onmouseover
Javascript event which occurs when the cursor is hovered over an element on the web page
onmouseout
Javascript event which occurs when the cursor is moved away from an element on the web page
End user
the group of people most likely to use a website.
Examples of end users
young children, inexperienced users, expert users etc.
End user requirements
Tasks the end users of the web site need to be able to do identified during the Analysis stage
Functional requirements
What the website should do and the processes it will provide for users identified during the Analysis stage
Navigation
Describes how the pages within the web site are linked to each other
Wireframe
Created during the design stage to show the visual layout of a web page
Low fidelity prototype
Hand drawn or basic version of the website which allows the end-user to provide early feedback during the design stage
Consistency within a website
Pages within a web site showing similar design features in the use of text, layout, colours and navigation
Copyright Designs and Patents Act(1998)
Law which makes it illegal to publish a web page containing copyright multimedia material unless permission has been given for its use
