glossary
browsers
a browser is a software package that allows you to see web pages and browse the internet; for most people the default browser on their computers is Internet Explorer, but there are several excellent (and free) alternatives such as Firefox (click on the link to Firefox on the left)
colour
not everybody is gifted with goodcolour sense; indeed, it is an accessibility issue for people with any kind of colour blindness
there are many resources to help you on the web
see: resources
content management
the updating of content on a website
CSS
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are the design part of a website
they are innovative, accessible, robust and the way web design is going
doodleweb design uses style sheets on all its websites
domain name
a custom name or brand of a website address that has to be registered
eg. www.yourdomain.com
email alias
the bit of an email address that comes before the @
GIF
GIF or Graphics Interchange Format is a type of image file
it is best used for non-photographic images
see: JPEG
graphics
all the non-text content of a website, including banners, buttons and logos if image-based
homepage
the default 'beginning' page of a website
hosting
websites need webspace which is 'hosted' on the internet for you
JPEG
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)is a type of image file especially suited to photographic content
POP 3 email account
an email POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) account allows you to receive email into a dedicated POP3 email box (such as Outlook Express)
open source software
software (mostly free) created for developers passionate about improving the web
see: resources
pdf or Portable File Documents are usually provided by
they are a file format that makes reading, printing or uploading a lengthy document more palatable
surfers need to get hold of Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to read the file
search engines
trawl the web all over the world building searchable lists eg Google
sub domain
a domain that goes in front of the main domain name of a website
eg. anyone@subdomain.doodleweb.org
webmail
the ability to access your emails from anywhere online (not just through your own computer)
WYSIWYG editors
What You See Is What You Get editors do not require any knowledge of coding to write web pages; if you have ever used Microsoft Word to create a web page then you have used such an editor
whilst not perfect, there are some quite good ones
see: resources
(X)HTML
(extensible) hypertext markup language is the code behind the web, currently in a state of flux as newer and tighter technologies and code are developed