Accessibility |
Structuring and presenting website content to make it available to everyone, including people with disability eg. partially sighted and from any access device eg. mobile phone |
Blog |
A web log (abbreviated to Blog) is like an on-line diary or journal. Written in date order Blogs can contain news, views, information and photographs. |
Domain name |
The address used by the world wide web to locate your space on the internet for your website, email, Blog etc. |
ecommerce |
Selling on the internet. E-commerce can be real-time with credit and debit card verification or off-line with manual processing of payment information |
Database |
A collection of stored information which can be manipulated in many different ways. Eg. when you search an on-line shop for a specific item the system will check the database file and then present the results to match your search request. Databases can be used to store all types of information: products, services, information archives etc. |
Keywords |
Specific words and phrases used on a website to help search engines index the information accurately |
PayPal |
On-line payment processing system using debit and credit cards and payment transfers. |
Privacy Policy |
Statement of what and how personal information is collected by a website owner and how it will be used. The policy should also provide details of how you can gain access to any information held about you. |
Search Engine |
Massive indexes of information and websites run by companies like Google, MSN, Yahoo! |
Search Engine Optimisation |
The "art" of making your website search engine friendly and increasing the ranking position in search results |
Site Map |
A list of pages that make up a website - like the content page of a book. |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locater - the electronic signpost for a specific piece of information on the internet - this could be a web page, a video clip or a radio broadcast. It is used to reference and locate pages on your website eg. www.twynetics.co.uk/contact.htm |
Website address |
See URL - Normally the home page of a website eg. www.twynetics.co.uk/index.htm but in very large sites it often quoted to allow you to find a piece of information quickly eg. www.bbc.co.uk/news |
