Adobe Certified Professional Dreamweaver key terms

The folder on your computer where you store all files for a website. Dreamweaver treats this folder as the working copy that mirrors the remote server.

A saved set of settings that tells Dreamweaver where a site's local files live, how to connect to the server, and which folder is the web root.

The web server that hosts the published version of a site. Dreamweaver connects to it to upload, download, and synchronize files.

A server configuration used to preview pages that rely on server-side processing, such as PHP or ASP, before they go live.

The Dreamweaver command that copies selected files from the local site folder up to the remote server, publishing them.

The Dreamweaver command that copies files from the remote server down to the local site folder, pulling the latest server version.

A file-sharing safeguard that marks a file as checked out so only one team member can edit it at a time, preventing overwritten work.

The top-level folder of a site that corresponds to the server's web address. All site paths are typically written relative to it.

The first line of an HTML document that tells the browser which version of HTML the page uses, triggering standards mode rendering.

A building block of a page made of an opening tag, content, and usually a closing tag, such as a paragraph or heading.

The markup keyword enclosed in angle brackets that identifies an element type, such as p for paragraph or img for image.

Extra information written inside an element's opening tag, such as src or href, usually as a name-value pair.

The part of an HTML document that holds metadata not shown on the page, including the title, character set, linked stylesheets, and scripts.

The part of an HTML document that contains all visible page content, such as text, images, and layout containers.

A tag placed in the head that supplies information about the page, such as character encoding, viewport settings, or a description for search engines.

Using HTML elements that describe the meaning of content, such as header, nav, and article, rather than generic containers like div.

A generic block-level container element with no inherent meaning, used to group content for styling or layout.

A link or file reference written relative to the current document's location, such as images/logo.png, rather than from the server root.

A link or file reference that includes the full address, starting from a protocol and domain or from the server root, independent of the current page.

A styling instruction made of a selector and a declaration block, where the selector targets elements and the block lists properties and values.

The part of a CSS rule that identifies which elements the styles apply to, such as a tag name, class, ID, or combination.

A single property-and-value pair inside a CSS rule's braces, such as color: blue, that sets one aspect of an element's appearance.

A CSS selector written with a leading period that targets any element carrying that class attribute, allowing styles to be reused across many elements.

A CSS selector written with a leading hash that targets the single element with that ID, which must be unique on a page.

The set of rules browsers use to decide which competing style wins when several rules target the same element, based on origin, specificity, and order.

A weight assigned to a CSS selector that determines which rule wins in a conflict; IDs outweigh classes, which outweigh tag selectors.

A separate .css file linked to a page so its rules apply to that page, letting many pages share one set of styles.

CSS rules written inside a style element in a page's head section, applying only to that single document.

The way browsers treat every element as a box made of content, padding, border, and margin, which together determine its size and spacing.

The space inside an element's border, between the border and the content, adding to the element's overall size.

The space outside an element's border that separates it from neighboring elements, and which can collapse between adjacent blocks.

A CSS layout model that arranges items in a row or column and distributes space and alignment along a main and cross axis.

A two-dimensional CSS layout system that places items into rows and columns defined on a container, useful for complex page layouts.

A CSS feature that applies rules only when conditions such as screen width are met, forming the basis of responsive design.

The screen width at which a media query changes the layout, such as switching from a multi-column to a single-column design.

A head tag that tells mobile browsers to size the page to the device width, which is required for responsive layouts to work correctly.

A layout built with relative units like percentages so columns and containers stretch or shrink with the browser window.

A Dreamweaver panel that catalogs the images, colors, and other resources used in a site so they can be found and reused quickly.

A reusable chunk of HTML stored in Dreamweaver and inserted on many pages, which updates everywhere when the original is edited.

A master page design with editable and locked regions that Dreamweaver uses to create consistent pages across a site.

A marked area in a Dreamweaver template that page authors are allowed to change, while the rest of the design stays locked.

The process of transferring finished site files to the remote server so the public can view them, usually via Put or synchronization.