A
absolute URL
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.
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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.yourname.com/index.html#location
Notice the hash mark after index.html.
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cell
This is the smallest component of a table. A
table may have one or more cells within any one row.
cellpadding
Space between the contents of a cell and the
inside edges of that cell. A table with no cellpadding will wrap tightly around its
contents.
cellspacing
The distance between cells within a table. A
table with a cellspacing 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. Front
Page uses WebBots to allow CGI based scripts to run on Web servers
that have Front Page Extensions installed on them.
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. For example, Java Scripts are client-side programs
that run on client web browsers.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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. If you are not sure if your Web server is supported, visit
/www.microsoft.com/frontpage.
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.
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GIF
(Graphics Interchange Format) A commonly
used method of encoding images that contain up to 256 colors.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Note: Watermarks only show up in later versions of
Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser.
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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