CSS - This Acronym stand for Cascading Style Sheets. Styles are a series of instruction groups that specify how specific items should appear on a Web page.

“External” Style sheets are separate files that contain the styling information that determines what text, links, font sizes, borders, and other elements will look like across an entire web site.

Using these predefined styles is an easy way to standardize the “look” of a web site.

If the organization decides to change the look of a particular type of item, say how links are displayed on your web pages, that styling information can be changed in one external style sheet and the item's appearance will automatically be changed on the entire web site.

DATABASE - This is a specially structured file that is used to store collections of information. CMS Builder stores information in a database that is located on our on-line server. Any type of information can be stored in a database. Examples are: membership lists, names of current board members, current and past event information.

HYPERLINK - Hyperlinks are the backbone of the Wold Wide Web and are the driving force behind the "magic" of the spiderweb of interrelated websites, images, and documents.  There are multiple parts to a hyperlink.  Here are the simplified parts:

• What it says - This is the text that is displayed on the page as a clickable entity and is usually, but not always identified by being underlined.  For this reason, you should never underline any text that is not a hyperlink.  More on this in the Rules Section.  It may be as simple as "click here" or may be the full target URL or even an image.
• Where it goes - The web address (URL) that is the target of the hyperlink.  The best practice is to copy and paste the target address into the hyperlink setup form rather than typing it in.  Some addresses can get rather lengthy and on some servers, the address is case sensative.  That is, www.werrner.com is not the same as www.Werner.Com  The address always begins with HTTP://  or HTTPS:// (Secure Site) and can be copied from your browsers address bar at the top of the window.
• How it behaves - When a hyperlink is created, there is an option to set the target frame.  That is, should the target of the hyperlink display in a new window or in the same current window.  The difference is usually dictated by where the target is located.  If the target is on the same website, it can be set to same frame but any external pages on another site should be set to open in a new window.  This way, the user always returns to your site when the external page is closed.
• Screen Tip text - If you notice, when you pass the mouse pointer over most hyperlinks, a small box pops up with some text that identifies the link or supplies some additional information about the link.  This is called "rollover text" or "screen tip text" and this is entirely optional.  Keep this text very brief as the box only remains visible for a few seconds and is not meant to be a help screen.

PUBLISH - When you modify information in CMS Builder, you’re working on an editing screen (called a section editor) that’s located on the computer you’re working on. When you save that information, you’re saving your changes to a record in an on-line database.

CMS Builder automatically publishes the information stored in the database to the appropriate location on your web page.

RECORD - A database can store a great deal of information in a structured format. Each structured group of information is called a record. In some situations, the information in these records can be modified. In CMS Builder, when you add information to a current, or future event, that event information is stored in a database record.

FIELD - This refers to a specific information entry area in a database record. It can be a single line (text field), or a multi-line field (text box), a date field, a check box, or another special information area type.

SERVER - This refers to a computer at the company that supplies our web site hosting services that is always connected to the internet via a high capacity, high speed connection. When users log on to a web page from their home computer, the server “serves” or allows the home computer to download that web page, as well as any associated images and other files that are stored there.