Website Design Terminologies
- 1. WEBSITE DESIGN TERMINOLOGIES Terms used with a particular technical application in a particular subject
- 2. WEBPAGE A web page is a single document, generally written in HTML/XHTML, meant to be viewed in a web browser.
- 3. WEBSITE A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
- 4. WEB BROWSER Browser refers to the program a website visitor is using to view the web site. Examples include Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and Internet Explorer
- 5. DOMAIN NAME The name of the website that people type into a browser to visit it.
- 6. URL Stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A site’s URL is its address, the item that specifies where on the Internet it can be found.
- 7. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) It’s the primary language used to write web pages. It’s primarily intended as a way to provide content on websites (with CSS handling the layout and stylistic options), though it can also be used to determine how that content is
- 8. CSS Cascading Style Sheets Describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper, or in the media. Is a style sheet language used for describing the look and formatting of a document written in a MarkUp language.
- 9. styles that are written directly in the tag on the document. Inline styles affect only the tag they are applied to. Inline Style Sheet
- 10. Internal Style Sheet - holds the CSS code for the webpage in the head section of the particular file. This makes it easy to apply styles like classes or id's in order to reuse the code Internal Style Sheet
- 11. EXTERNAL STYLE SHEET External Style Sheet - This is a CSS document that is written in a separate, external document. The biggest advantage to using an external style sheet is that it can be linked to by multiple HTML/XHTML files.
- 12. FAVICON Short for favourite icon also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons associated with a particular website or webpage.
- 13. NESTING Refers to putting one HTML element within another element. When this is done, the elements have to be closed in the reverse order from how they were opened.
- 14. HYPERLINK Is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking, tapping, or hovering Example: Hyperlink
- 15. TITLE ATTRIBUTE Text used to describe the webpage on top of the browser window. A HTML title is recognizable by search engines and should be carefully determined
- 16. ALT ATTRIBUTE Alternate text used to describe an image The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it.
- 17. CALL TO ACTION A button, arrow or other graphic element, which entices a user to perform a particular action.
- 18. HERO IMAGE A large banner image prominently placed on a web page, generally in front and center. First visual a visitor encounters on the site and its purpose is to present an overview of the site’s most important content.
- 19. PROMO AREA/BANNER An area on a website which can be used to promote products or services
- 20. EXIT PAGE An exit page is the last page a visitor may see before exiting your website Example: On many e-commerce, a shopping cart is a popular exit page
- 21. INPUT FIELD A blank area where a user would input specific text based information. They are found within a form on a website.
- 22. WHITE SPACE It refers to the space around elements. White space allows the elements to stand out to the user.
- 23. SEO Search Engine Optimization The process of affecting the visibility of a website or webpage in web search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing. Words Matter Titles Matter Links Matter Words in links Reputation
- 24. CMS Content Management System Allows its users to edit, delete and manage the content of a website from a visual interface. A successful CMS requires no knowledge of programming languages, CSS or HTML to easily update a website. Example: Expression Engine, WordPress, Magento. Drupal