Terms and Definitions.

Banner Ad- A graphical web advertising unit, often measuring 468x60.

Bread Crumbs- A navigation technique. That kind of shows you where you have been.

Browser- An application that lets you browse the "world wide web".

Domain Name- Hard to explain. But it's the name of the website. The name you pay money for.

Dynamic Content- Content in a website that engages the people, and changes frequently.
click here for the coolest site in the world.

Dynamic Layout- Can pick the size of the page. Changes, and fills screen as you move.

Static Content- Not so engaging, and hardly ever changes.

Static Layout- See above.

Footer- Bottom if the page. Usually the same at every page. Usually has links.

Header- Same on every page. Usually contains the name of the site.

Hosting / Web Hosting- Put your web page up for you. Hosts it. Godaddy.com, Twobats.com

HTML- Hypertext, the coding behind every web page.

Hyperlinks / Links- Clickable text that takes you

Interactive Websites- Websites that you can interact with. Change things on it.

Web 2.0- Second generation of the web. You can read about things and re write about it somewhere. Gives you something and people use it and write about it.

ISP- Internat service provider provides services to the internet.

Navigation- Links that help you get around a website.

Primary Navigation- Most important navigation. The most used.

Mystery Meat-Navigation- You never know what you are clicking. You have to guess or try to keep finding it.

Screen Real-Estate- The space available to you that you see. It shows who you are.

Scrolling- Lets you move around on the page. Usually on the left, and up and down.

Search Engines- Help you find content on the web. Google, ask, and many more.

Tag- Tagged photos, or tagging videos and such.

URL- Universal Recourse Locator.

W3C- World Wide Web consortion. Oragantion that makes up the rules.

Web Statistics- Shows how many people have looked at the page. And IPs of the ones who looked at it.

Web Site “Hits”- How many times people have looked at your site. What time, what they were looking at.

Website Maintenance- Taking care of the website, when they are working on it. Changes.