Cascading
Style Sheets:
This is a system that separates
the content of a page (written in html) from the format
(written in CSS) and in doing so allows for more complete control over the design
of a
web page while keeping the page universal. In addition, CSS can be applied to
several
pages at once, helping the designer save time by storing all the formatting
in one file.
Unfortunately CSS does not
work in older browser versions. Only in IE version 4 and up
and Netscape 4 and up
JavaScript,
DOM, and Dhtml:
Advanced web designers often use a scripting language called JavaScript and
a system
of naming the parts of a Web Page (DOM-Document Object Model) together with
html
and often CSS to create dynamic content on a page. These effects are called
Dhtml
or Dynamic html
XML (Extensible
Markup Language):
Like html it is a system of making tags that web page creators create for their
content.
It. This makes it easier to read for computers and easier to catalog, making
it searchable
by search engines. Ex. <songtitle>Yesterday</songtitle>