cPanel
A Graphical User Interface for maintaining and administering web-sites. Designed primarily for Linux based systems.
Creation
The act of creating.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets : Used for styling web-content, this allows us to create more accessible sites whilst maintaining a graphical style.
Firefox
A poopular Web-browser with features including tabbed-browsing, extensive ad-blocking and many other tools and extensions. Well maintained and recommended by many.
Google AdSense
A channel for webmasters to generate revenue through placing related adverts on their web-site.
Google AdWords
The Pay Per Click / Impression advertising program offered by Google.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language : the old standard for creating web-pages and web-sites.
Hyperlink
The method used to navigate pages on the world wide web.
Java
Java is an Object Orientated Language similar to C++ with similar portability standards. Java can be contained within APPLETS inside web-pages and is a popular language for mobile phones.
Javascript
Javascript is a web-based language created by Netscape. Not to be confused with Java.
MySQL
MySQL is a widely used database system. This particular system integrates well with PHP and is suited well for the World Wide Web
PHP
PHP is a server-side HTML embedded scripting language. It allows us to communicate database results, alter images on-the-fly and many more things through the language.
Reciprocal Links
Links between 2 web-sites or pages based on a linking or advertising agreement between the two publishers.
Refresh
To renew or revitalize.
SEO / Search Engine Optimisation
The technique of ehancing a web-site to increase the chances of it being ranked higher in the top results of a search engine once a relevant search is undertaken.
W3C
Acronym for the World Wide Web Consortium. They are the governing body for internet standards.
WAI
A section of the W3C dedicated to ensuring that web-content is accessible to everyone regardless of their abilities.
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines : A set of methods to allow for easier web-browsing for people with disabilities.
XHTML
Extensible HyperText Markup Language : the current standard langauge for creating web-pages and web-sites.
We currently create all of our websites using the XHTML 1.0 Transitional Specification.
