Building & Maintaining a Website
RSS
format for displaying constant feeds information such as news, sports scores and website updates; generated automatically and then can be presented on a website
CSS
language which formats and styles text on a website
title bar
located at the top of a Web browser; usually the title of the website; may include the name of the Web page; may also include a short description; used as titles in bookmarks and favorites
bugs
problems which occur when the website does not function as expected
Web design process
process which helps a company develop a website; steps include planning your website, registering your website, selecting a Web host, building a website and maintaining a website
HTML
programming language used by pages on the World Wide Web
SQL
programming language which "talks" to databases
advertising
similar to promoting but generally considered more long-term; paid for by the company
WYSIWYG editor
stands for "What You See Is What You Get"; pronounced "wizzy-wig"; takes the hard work of writing programming code out of building a website by letting the builder place the images and text how they want and then automatically generating the HTML code
font
typeface of letters displayed on a computer
web host
a company which facilitates placing websites online and delivers the data to and from computers
banner advertisments
advertisements on a website; usually shaped as rectangles
Search box
allows a user to search within your site, much like using a search engine like Yahoo.com; involves programming the search engine into the Web page
Navigation menus
areas allowing users to traverse a website; usually located on the top or left-hand side of a website
Adobe flash
computer program which produces animations and navigation interfaces for websites; good for creating dynamic content on websites
layout
how one lays out a Web page with images and text
site map
matrix-like visuals of a website and its links; can be used by customers to navigate a website; can be used by businesses to plan a website
links
mechanisms through which pages connect to each other
search engine optimisation
practice of getting a website to rank highly on the list of search engine results
XML
programming language allowing computer applications to talk to each other
search engine
website which searches the Internet for key words; for example Google.com, Yahoo.com and Live.com
key word
word or phrase used to find Web pages in a search engine
