HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language
PHP – A server side scripting language used to add advanced functionality to web pages.
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets – CSS is used to style your site. CSS makes sure that all of the elements on your page show up where and how you want them.
Browser – AKA web browser – Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome.
jpeg, png, tif, gif -These are formats used to save images.
Vector – Vector based images are create using mathematical calculations instead of pixels. The main reason to use vectors is that because they are based on calculations you can blow them up and big as you want to without losing any quality. For this reason, logos are usually create using vectors.
Address Bar - The address bar is the long white bar located at the top of your browser that displays the URL or address of the web page you are viewing such as http://www.amlingstudios.com/aboutus.html
Domain Name – The address people use to get to your site. Ex. www.your domain.com To learn more about domains read our blog post What’s a domain name.
URL – This is another name for a companies web address, what we are looking for if ask for a URL is what you typed into the address bar to get to the page you want to show us.
CMS – Content Management System. CMS’s are online programs that let you update your website with limited knowledge of html and css.
Resolution – Dots per inch.
WordPress – Is a popular open source Content Management System that allows for a great deal of customization.
Open source – Is when developers share there code for a program they create so that other developers can build off of it and make modifications.
Pluggins – Work with a CMS to enhance its functionality.
SEO – Search Engine Optimization – Search Engine Optimization is when you build your site so that it can easily be accessed and cataloged by Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo, etc.
Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, Google +, YouTube, Myspace, these are all social media sites. Where the content is create by you and your “friends”
Web Hosting – Hosting is when a company stores the files that make up your website.