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ActionScript is the programming language used to animate Flash-based websites. Using ActionScript with Flash, the programmer can make objects move across the screen, incorporate video, play background music, and improve the user experience in a number of ways. For example, when a visitor... more »

ASP ("Active Server Pages") makes websites more personalized and dynamic. For example, a website using ASP could display the visitor's name, pending orders, and products or services that the visitor may like (based on their previous preferences). It could also be used to display a color scheme... more »

A blog is simply a "web log", an online journal created by an individual or company. Each entry, called a post, can contain text, images, video, web links, or any combination of these. Bloggers (people who blog) use special programs to create their blog entries and to add them to the... more »

C++ (pronounced "C plus plus") is a powerful, general-purpose programming language. A standard since 1998, C++ is efficient, portable, and supports multiple programming styles that make it flexible enough for a variety of applications. It is widely used in the software industry for systems... more »

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a language used to make web pages visually consistent. A CSS "stylesheet" contains the details of color schemes, fonts, font sizes, margins, and other features of the web pages that make up a website. Once the CSS stylesheet is created it can be used through an... more »

ColdFusion is an application server and software development framework used for the development of computer software in general, and dynamic web sites in particular. In this regard, ColdFusion is a similar product to Microsoft ASP.NET, JavaServer Pages or PHP. ColdFusion was the first amongst... more »

"Copy" is the written words used to promote a company or individual. Professional copywriters make their living by writing persuasive "copy" that publicizes (or just favorably describes) ideas, products, services, websites, and so on. Copywriters can create the text on a website, the slogan... more »

The process of securing a domain name (www.somewebsite.com) is called "domain registration". Once registered, that domain name is the sole property of the owner for a set period of time, usually a year or more. While registered, the owner may "point" the domain name at a hosted website, and... more »

Electronic commerce, or e-commerce, is online shopping. Customers browse through goods and services on a website, add items to their cart, enter shipping information, type in credit card info or details of their online financial service (like PayPal or Google Checkout), and click "buy now". ... more »

XML (extensible markup language) is a language used to store and arrange data. It can be thought of as similar to a database, but with much more flexibility; while database tables store information in a grid of rows and columns, XML can store information that is not organized "evenly". For... more »

Adobe Flash is widely used to improve the appearance and interactivity of websites. Flash-based sites, unlike other websites, are not constrained to a "grid" layout. This allows web designers more freedom artistically. Flash-based sites typically have a more fluid, attractive appearance and... more »

From logo design to page layout to color schemes, graphic artists set the tone of websites. Good graphic design guides the visitor's eyes to the most important element on the page, from there to the information associated with that element, and so on. Graphic artists also arrange information... more »

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the language of the internet. Every web page, even those designed completely in Flash, uses HTML to describe what the page looks like, what fonts are used, text size, layout, graphic placement, colors, and most of the functionality on the page - what happens... more »

Java is high-performance programming language. Supported by multiple hardware and operating systems, Java was designed to be robust and secure, yet simple. One application of Java is the Java applet, which is a small program designed to run within a web page, typically providing interactive... more »

JavaScript is a powerful scripting language that lets the visitor interact with a web page. It can respond to user actions such as clicks, double-clicks, click-and-drag, typing, "mouse over", and other actions. The responses might include changing content on the page, popping up additional... more »

SQL (Structured Query Language) is the language used by the majority of databases. With SQL, records can be written to, updated within, retrieved from, or deleted out of a database. MySQL is a popular, open source database that is commonly used with languages such as PHP. more »

Perl is a simple yet powerful programming language. Used widely by programmers for a variety of purposes, Perl provides solid text-processing tools, graphics programming, system and network administration, database access and CGI access via websites. Because of its flexibility and... more »

Professional photographers treat photography is both an art and a science. Whether shooting CEO headshots or architecture or products in a light box, photographers have to control the lighting and composition, wait for the clouds in the sky to pass, and get their subject to "smile!" more »

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which... more »

Python is the general-purpose programming language that was used to create YouTube and parts of Google. Its pared-down, English-like syntax makes it more readable than many languages. Python remains open source and supports a variety of programming approaches. more »

Ruby on Rails is a web application framework for the programming language Ruby. Ruby on Rails (often called "Rails" or "RoR") provides simple ways to automatically construct several common models and views used by websites. This typically speeds up the web development process and eliminates or... more »

SEO (search engine optimization) is aimed at raising a website's rank on "natural" search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Ask.com. Natural search engines rank websites based on site content, references to that site on other places on the internet, and a list of additional rules that are kept... more »

Amateur videographers shoot content. Professional videographers pay attention to lighting, composition, volume levels, background noise, motion within the frame, and a myriad of other factors. Professional video production also includes video editing, including pacing of the vide, transitions... more »

Every web page on the internet has a design. Professional web designers expertly craft the visitor experience, from the color selections to logo design, from font and text size to text flow and graphic placement. Good web design will lead a visitor's eyes to the most important element on the... more »

In order for websites to be available publicly, 24 hours a day, they are hosted on powerful computers (called "web servers"). A web server makes the websites available to millions of users simultaneously, and has enough power to handle each user's clicks and typing. Hosting services own and... more »