Visual InterDev

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B

A reference to an item that cannot be located because the URL is not valid, the item the link points to doesn't exist, or the server containing the item is busy or having other technical difficulties.

browser

Software that interprets the markup of HTML files posted on the World Wide Web, formats them into Web pages, and displays them to the user. Some browsers can also open special programs to play sound or video files in Web pages if you have the necessary hardware.

C

child page

A page with a parent page in a site diagram.

collapsed item

A resource who's in and out links do not appear in the link diagram.

Compare with expanded item.

control

An item, such as a button, on an HTML page that can be manipulated by the user to perform an action.

D

document

A file associated with an application, such as Microsoft® Word or Microsoft® PowerPoint®.

E

executable file

Files representing programs, applications, batch files, scripts, and DLLs.

expanded item

A resource who's in and out links appear in the link diagram.

Compare with collapsed item.

external icon

The graphical representation of an item in Link View that is not part of the current Web project. An external icon shows an image of the item type superimposed over a globe representing the World Wide Web.

external item

A resource in a link diagram that is not part of the current Web project.

external page

A file in a site diagram that is not part of the current Web project. External pages cannot have child pages in a site diagram.

F

filter

A means of excluding information that does not match a predefined set of specifications.

G

global navigation bar page

A page that will appear on the global navigation bar as a link. You must use the PageNavbar Design-Time Control in the file or apply a layout to the page to get full use of this option.

H

horizontal layout

A link diagram that displays all in links to the left of the expanded item and displays all out links to the right of the expanded item.

HTML page

A Web page authored using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) such as an .htm file or an .asp file.

I

A reference that points into an expanded item, indicating that the item at the other end of the line references to the expanded item.

independent page

A page with no parent pages or child pages in a site diagram.

internal icon

The graphical representation of an item in Link View that is part of the current project. An internal icon shows an image representing the item type such as HTML page, multimedia file, and so on.

internal item

An resource in a link diagram that is part of the current Web project.

item

A resource that makes up a Web site. Link View represents the following types of items with graphical icons:

  • HTML pages

  • Style sheets

  • Active Server Pages (*.asp)

  • Global.asa files

  • Active layouts

  • Images

  • Image maps

  • Audio files

  • Video files

  • Virtual reality files

  • Executable files

  • Data connections

  • Data commands

  • Data range headers

  • Conditional range headers

  • Generic designer controls

  • Microsoft® Word documents

  • Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets

  • Microsoft® PowerPoint® files

  • Other applications

  • Other text files

  • Mail to

  • News

  • Telnet

  • Unknown

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L

layout

A template for the way that navigation bars are positioned on a page.

The relationship between items in a Web site. Links can be hyperlinks between pages or references to files that are included in a page, such as graphics. Link View determines the links for an item based on the HTML tags and attributes in a page.

Links are represented by a line in a link diagram. The origin of the link is indicated by a nub; the direction of the link is indicated by an arrow.

A graphical representation of the link structure of a Web site. Link diagrams use icons to represent items, such as HTML pages, in a Web site and lines to represent the links between items.

M

multimedia file

An image, image map, audio, video, or virtual reality file.

N

A graphical or textual page element that incorporates links to pages that are part of a site's navigation structure. You can design and modify a site's navigation structure in Site Designer.

The hierarchical relationship between pages in a Web project used to determine the links in the navigation bars for a project.

O

A reference that points out of an expanded item, indicating that the expanded item links to the items it points to.

P

A design-time control that automatically generates navigation bar links based on the navigation structure defined in the site diagrams for the Web project. For more information about the control, see PageNavbar Design-Time Control.

parent page

A page with one or more child pages in a site diagram.

pending item

A resource that Link View is in the process of verifying. Link View has not finished searching for the item the link points to on the World Wide Web.

protocol

A formal set of rules and formats that computers use to communicate with each another. FTP and HTTP are two examples of protocols used to transfer files between computers connected to the Internet.

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R

radial layout

A link diagram that displays the in links or out links related to the expanded item in a circle around the expanded item.

relationship

The type of link two or more pages have to one another in the site's navigation structure. Generally, you can have parent-child relationships and sibling relationships. You define the relationship between pages in a site diagram. The PageNavbar control uses the navigation structure you create to generate navigation bar links for a Web project.

S

sibling page

A page in a site diagram that shares a parent page with another page in a tree.

site diagram

A graphical representation of the navigation structure of a Web site. Site diagrams consist of one or more trees of related pages.

site structure file

The file on the Web server that stores the navigation-related information for pages in a Web project. Use site diagrams to modify the site structure file for a Web project.

source page

The page you drag to create a child or parent relationship to another page in a site diagram.

T

target page

The page in the site diagram on which you drop the source page to create a child or parent relationship.

tree

A group of related pages arranged by hierarchy in a site diagram.

U

unknown item

An resource that Link View has not attempted to verify; the item may or may not exist. Use the Verify command to have Link View determine if the link is valid or broken.

URL

The uniform resource locator, or address, used to identify a resource on the World Wide Web.

V

valid item

An resource that Link View has determined exists.

W

Web

A home page and its associated pages, images, documents, multimedia, and other items stored on a World Wide Web server or on a computer's hard disk.

Web server

A computer, usually on the Internet, that acts as a host for http and related Web-service software.

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