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Accessibility
The accessibility of a site is how well that site can be used by people with varying disabilities. It often revolves around ensuring text to speech editors can work correctly and that no part of the site specifically relies on a sound or colour.
The W3C control accessability standards.
Active Server Page (ASP)
ASP stands for Active Server Page and it is a web server technology from the Microsoft Corporation. ASP pages support dynamic components and are most commonly made up of HTML, VBScript and Jscript.
AjaX
AJaX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML and its most important feature is allowing web pages to be much more interactive and communicate with a server without a full page refresh. This means a server can validate and retrieve form fields without the user having to fill everyone out before pressing the submit button and waiting.
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Beta
A beta is simply a testing or working version of something, in web development it is usually a site or backend system that is being shown to the client or a few selected users for testing. A common web 2.0 marketing strategy involves launching a revised beta version to the public to make potential customers feel involved and vauled.
Blog
A blog is simple a web page or site that features frequent updates about any number of topics. It is similar to an electronic journal but is not specifically for personal entries. Blog's often comes from CMS systems such as Wordpress or TypePad.
Browser
A browser is a computer program that lets you view pages on the internet. It often has special features that make browsing easier. Popular browsers include Internet Explorer, FireFox and Google Chrome.
Bounce Rate
Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who land on a web site and only view that page. It is often caused by incorrect searches or click on the wrong link. A poorly designed website can drastically increase your bounce rate and lower conversions therefore it is a very important metric to keep in check.
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
CSS is a comprehensive web design language that allows designers to manipulate positions, fonts, colours, images and pretty much everything else that can be included on a web page. Styles for different attributes are often store in a central CSS file which is accessed by all pages on the site, eliminating the need for extensive code on each page!
Chrome
Chrome is a brand new browser than has been developed by Google.
It has an attractive interface but is still in beta phase meaning errors occur on certain sites every now and again.
The popularity of the browser is already rising swayed by Google's massive internet influence and new, polished feel of the product. You can download it here.
Comments
There are several meaning and uses for comments in web design and development. One use is inside web pages and systems to help label up different sections of code. These comments can not be seen by the front end users but help developers and designers edit or fix the pages later.
Another use of the word comments comes from blogs where comments are small responses left by users in reply to blog posts by the owner. Comments constitute a good portion of blog UGC.
Content
Content is the actual text and themes your website is made up of. It is mostly considered to be text but can include videos, sounds and images as well as games and more innovative solutions.
Quality content is important for both SEO and marketing so developing it should be regarded as just as important as designing your site.
Content Management System (CMS)
A CMS controls large amounts of content on a website and usually stores data in a database so that it can be easily backed up and preserved. It can work in many different languages including PHP and ASP and usually incorporates themes, templates and a WYSIWYG editor so anyone can add or remove content to the site without design knowledge.
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