iWeb - Useful Terms to Know

Chapter 1

Welcome to iWeb

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domain name:

The root (the first part, after “http” and “www”) of your site’s web

address is its domain. For example, the domain of the site www.example.com/index
is “example.com.”

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homepage:

The first page that appears when you visit a website. Sometimes called

the

start page

or

default page.

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hyperlink:

Text or an object you can click to initiate an action, such as going to

another webpage or opening a document. Most text hyperlinks (also called

links

)

look different from surrounding text (they are underlined or a different color) to
indicate that you can click them.

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Internet:

A worldwide network of computers that makes it possible for people to

communicate with one another and share information.

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MobileMe:

A membership-based Internet service provided by Apple Inc. Your

MobileMe subscription provides one-click publishing for your iWeb sites, ad-free
email services, photo and video sharing, online backup, synchronization, and much
more. For more information, visit www.me.com.

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navigation menu:

The website table of contents. The navigation menu lists pages in

your website as links that visitors can click to go to individual pages. iWeb
automatically creates a navigation menu for your website.

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podcast:

An audio or video file that is like an Internet radio or TV show. You can

produce your own podcasts and let visitors download them one by one, or they can
download new episodes automatically through a subscription.

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RSS:

A feature that enables visitors to subscribe to the contents of a website and

receive automatic updates when new blog entries, podcast episodes, or photos are
added to the site.

RSS

stands for “really simple syndication.” When visitors subscribe

to the site’s

feed

, the updates are sent to the RSS

reader

of their choosing.

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URL:

The website address, which you enter in a browser to go to a website. (

URL

means “Uniform Resource Locator.”) A typical URL looks like this:

http://www.apple.com

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web:

The web (or World Wide Web) is all the sites, pages, text, media files, and links

that people interact with when they get on the Internet. Although it is common to
use the terms

web

and

Internet

interchangeably, the Internet is actually the hardware

and software network upon which the web is built.

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website:

A collection of individual webpages that are linked together into a website.

Websites are usually organized around a theme, an individual, or an organization.
Also called

site

.

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webpage:

A single page within a website. Also called

page

.

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web widget

: An object that embeds content from the web into any of your

webpages. For example, a Google map or a snippet from another website such as
YouTube.