Information Technology Reference
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Figure 7.17. Open browser window behavior dialog boxes (The open
browser window behavior allows you to specify the size and window
attributes. This is effective for controlling window sizes on pop-ups
without having to write JavaScript code.)
The list of techniques provided earlier are only a small sample of the Web
authoring techniques available using applications such as Macromedia
Dreamweaver. Hopefully, you are beginning to understand how the Web
portfolio design process involves some technical skills which will be beneficial
to you throughout your professional career. These techniques can be directly
applied to any Web development process and are some of the most common
items used by Web authors. By experimenting with them in your own Web
pages you will begin to see how each component may enable user functionality
or limit functionality.
Meta Tags and Keywords
Meta tags provide author information and other attributes of a Web page. Meta
tags are located in the HEAD section of the Web page. In addition to the Meta
tags, the keywords reside in the HEAD section and are invisible when they are
placed in Web page code. Search engines use the keywords to index pages.
When you type in a keyword in a search engine, it looks for all occurrences
