WEB DESIGN UNIT 2
The four main menus covered under the Dashboard menu were _____.
Appearance, Users, Tools, Setting
The API is one of the primary tools that a web programmer uses to receive and send data. True False
True
The instructions for uploading a widget are simple. True False
True
A client insists on knowing when certain pages or tasks are completed.
datestamp
A content-managed site can be customized _____.
infinitely
daisy-Wheels
made to be portable
web-browser technology
reliant on client interface
drivers
software keys to make a device or expansion card work properly
Typekit fonts
standard and advanced
tack
the direction that a ship takes in order to best utilize the direction of the wind; also used analogously as the position one takes in order to change direction
permalink
the permanent url for a content-managed website's page
The client wants the company name in bold font.
< strong > and < /strong >
The client wants the name of every product in an unordered list.
< ul > and < /ul >
When a person uploads his or her post to draft in WordPress, WordPress maintains everything just as it was entered. True False
False
When you enter credit-card information, the website that you are entering your information into is most likely resident on the same server as the rest of your pages. True False
False
Widgets often use eb technologies like Flash, CSS, JAVA, and _________.
HTML
If you are attempting to run an application that has a video and are told there is a problem, what plug-in is probably missing?
Java
What is the name of the button on the WordPress editor's toolbar that designates expansion of the edition tools?
Kitchen Sink
shortlink
a condensed version of a URL (example: http://wp.me/p2YF4U-r) for use in Twitter and other promotions where a verbose URL is inappropriate
What is a process that would be better run by a generic, centralized, standard program?
a driver for every printer or scanner
datestamp
a field that inserts the current date and time; often used to determine when a particular post was published
Explain why the definitions of app and plug-in are constantly changing.
The reason why app and plug-in definitions are constantly changing is because new things are always being created with the two.
Certain aspects of a particular theme that you are customizing might not be universal but might apply only to the specific theme. In that case, changing the theme after setting these attributes results in _____.
a loss of those settings
Every user has to have _____ on the WordPress site.
a username
Skype
a voiceover IP telephone program
tags
an open ended, customizable, globally searchable indexing system for subjects used to attract subscribers
categories
an open ended, customizable, internally searchable indexing system for subjects used to find posts within a site
APIs are like remote controls into a server and a file-transfer program that returns data. They often do not require _____ from the client server.
any processing power or memory
A small application is called a(n) ______.
app
feedback loops
in audio, the effect of the microphone picking up vibration from a connected speaker and replaying the sound; this phenomenon becomes amplified as it progresses; in systems, feedback is the process of the result affecting the inception; when a system feeds back, it engages in a self-improving mechanism
daisy-wheel typewriters
lighter and cheaper than predecessors
In the process of learning WordPress, you should look at the default site. To do this, you must _____.
open it in a separate tab on your browser
The permanent URL for a content-managed website is called a(n) ________.
permalink
Your work group is given the task of working with an internal message system within the company. Your supervisor says the main task is to make it possible to click on a name and see the office phone number. What has your work group been asked to create?
plug-in
Although widgets often use APIs, they are not often used in _____.
secure transaction processing
paradox
something that seems to imply opposite responses, but requires aspects of both.
spamming
the act of sending out blast lists of spam advertising (also known as the shotgun technique)
The control center for WordPress is called _____.
the dashboard
The responses from the authorizing server are returned to the merchant's server through the same API, but your data (the actual card number, expiration date, CCV number, and your address) is never seen by _____.
the merchant's website
Normal ISPs do not usually have high enough security protections in place to protect credit-card purchaser's information from _____.
theft
The client wants customer testimonials in italics.
< em > and < /em >
What is a VOIP?
Voice Over Internet Protocol
By default, the owner of the site has what kind of access?
administrative access
spam
an accepted Internet slang term for unwanted, unrequested, or invasive e-mail
The study of widgets is actually a study in _______.
APIs
A client wants to add video commercials.
Add Media
A client wants to be able to add his own posts to the blog you are creating. What is the command you need to teach the client how to use?
Add New
There are four assignable roles in WordPress: _____.
Administrator, Editor, Author, and Contributor
When you compare an app and a plug-in, what is the main difference?
An app originally referred to mobile applications, and a plug-in originally referred to installable programs.
In January, you are looking at computers and notice one that costs $2,000. A year later, that same computer costs $1,000. Which of the following accounts for this discrepancy?
Moore's Law
How would you explain the difference between a tag and a category?
Tags are searchable, and categories are internal.
The default tagline of WordPress is "_____."
This WordPress.com site is the cat's pajamas
A client calls you and says she is having difficulty linking text in the blog you created. She describes the Link Tool and the blog post. What would be the best question to ask?
What color is the Link Tool?
Write a detailed paragraph about the way to work with color inside WordPress.
When you are designing your website inside of WordPress, and you want to add color, you go to customize, then go to fonts. From there, you would go ahead and pick the colors you would want for the inside and outside part of the website.
________can accommodate most file formats.
WordPress
It's said that WordPress is not a simple blogging platform. Describe briefly what it is.
WordPress is the premier open-source content-managed-style website-creation program.
Android
a Google smartphone operating system
In a nonproportionally spaced font, the each letter and the next have exactly the same amount of space ________ them.
between
In WordPress, the kitchen sink refers to the name of a ___________ that designates expansion of the available edition tools.
button
Which of the following is the term for an open-ended, customizable, internally searchable indexing system?
categories
Basically, letters on a page or electronic screen are composed of different fonts or ________.
typefaces
the IBM Selectric
used a reverse-cast type letter
According to the information learned in this lesson, it is not necessary to be a master printer in order to be a competent _________ designer.
web
WordPress is most often used to set up blogs but, at its core, a WordPress blog is a _____.
website
Electronic type is often considered to be the latest step in the evolution of the written _______.
word
operating system
a generic, standardized, centralized program upon which to run other more specific detailed programs
The difference between tags and categories is that tags are ________ and categories are ________.
a global category internal to your specific website
template
a guide or jig that unifies the look or capabilities of subsequent repetitive creations
The next menu item down in the customize window is "color." In this theme, there is a toggle for _____.
a light and dark color scheme
the IBM Selectric
a preface to computer technology
routine
a small software program
A client insists on a URL such as http://www.carl.jan.mike.don.sinksntubs.com for the new website. The client also wants to use Twitter.
shortlink
Moore's Law
specifically, the theory that transistors will halve in price every eighteen months; generally, as applied to all aspects of data processing, the theory that the cost of a particular piece of hardware will cost half as much every two years.
At the close of a project, you are training a client to edit the blog posts. The client indicates she knows programming, and as you talk, you realize she is proficient in HTML. Which type of editor would be best for her to learn?
text
Only this person can delete the site: _____.
the administrator
early 1990s
the advent of laser printer technology
all pages
a submenu
With the stock widget called "Text (Arbitrary text or HTML), a person can:
create a banner insert a chunk of code from any other API insert an image from another website
An API is a perfect solution for the problem of access to secure _____.
credit-card acceptance websites
macro
a routine that condenses a large number of keystrokes in to one or two combinations
app
a small application, originally specifically for mobile devices but now expanded to mean any small application distributed online or used in a web browser
plug-in
a software component or set of components which fits into a larger software program and expands its capabilities
phenomenon
a specific and particular occurrence
phototypesetting machine
a stand-alone machine
serif font
good readability
What is the main difference between an operating system and a routine?
An operating system runs other programs, and a routine is a small program.
widget
an embeddable chunk of code
Adobe
an evolution of electric typeface
As with most of the internal gears of a site like WordPress, the FTP aspect is _____.
completely hidden and automated
You are given an assignment to sort documents on a server. Your supervisor has asked you to sort the templates into a file and the documents into a file. In order to easily sort the templates, what should you look for in the file name?
dot or dotx
Another powerful feature of WordPress is that you can add header text lines without _____.
editing a graphic for the main page of your site
daisy-wheel typewriters
eventually doubled as printers
So when you are entering your card information in what looks like a merchant's website, you are really entering it into a _____.
field on another server