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Deciphering e-Lingo

"I just used the CSS in my IMS GUI WYSIWYG drag and drop DHTML editor to create a Javascript interactive drop-menu that links to the URL on my ISP host that I got from Internic." I really do know what I am talking about. Do you? The fact is only a few months ago I would have had trouble with a couple of these terms. I have been in this business for a long time and I think I know as much or more than anyone when it comes to computer graphics and the Internet. Even so, if I would have had trouble with a few of these terms a few months ago, I almost certainly would not have known what I was talking about only a few years ago.

Site Analysis

In a previous article I introduced the problems of testing your site for missing links and images. A common problem often relates to seeing your web site from the inside out. In other words, things that appear to work for you may not work for your visitors. This is often caused by file references that point back to your computer. When you test, your browser can easily find these files because they are where they are supposed to be. Visitors not having access to your directories will see the typical missing image box.

Pop-Up Windows

I'm inclined to say "...for those of you that are not familiar with Pop-Up windows..." and then explain what they are. If you don't already know what a Pop-Up window is, then this newsletter is probably your first experience with the Internet. Pop-Up Windows are everywhere and are more often than not, a major announce akin to Spam. There are however, many legitimate uses for Pop-Up windows. For instance, when you wish to display additional or ancillary information to the current topic.

Ping In The PNG

PNG is a 5 year old lossless image file format that many people are hoping will become the primary format for graphics on the Internet. It stands for "Portable Network Graphics" and is always pronounced as "ping".

Introduction To Scalable Vector Graphics

SVG is built on top of XML in order to describe 2D vector capable graphics. XML stands for "Extensible Markup Language". A full description of XML is best suited for a future article since it can be quite technical. To simplify XML, it is similar to HTML but provides greater customization of the tags. HTML is a set of pre-defined tags that are used to describe a web page. XML however, does not pre-define the tags.