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Terminology
Web authoring:

Web authoring is the practice of creating web documents using modern web authoring software and
tools. Web authoring software is a type of desktop publishing tool that allows users to navigate the
tricky environment of HTML and web coding by offering a different kind of graphical user interface.

With web authoring tools, the end user can see a visual result that is a lot like the final project after
it is built. Web authoring tools are like HTML editors in that they typically allow toggling between an
HTML code view and a visual design. Some of these types of tools are also called WYSIWYG (what
you see is what you get) editors because, again, they allow displaying something that looks like the
final project as the user is building it. The alternative is to hand code a project, which can be
frustrating, confusing and daunting for less experienced designers. There are many different tools
available for web authoring that help translate HTML coding for those who do not have as much
experience with web code syntax.

Sites:

When I was considering websites I looked at “Game” which is a website that sells multiple products
related to gaming and technology and one thing that I kept noticing that the URL would keep on
changing every time I went onto a different page on the website. As seen below:

https://www.game.co.uk/

https://www.game.co.uk/en/games/xbox-one/?merchname=TopNav-_-XboxOne-_-Main

The reason this happens is because if you send the URL to someone else and you want them to see
the correct page that you were on so the URL will change to make the navigation better when it
comes to the URL and following that link to the website.

Uploading:

Uploading is the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually larger
computer system. From a network user's point-of-view, to upload a file is to send it to another
computer that is set up to receive it. People who share images with others on bulletin board services
upload files to the BBS.

Transmission in the other direction is downloading from one, usually larger computer to another,
usually smaller computer. From an Internet user's point-of-view, downloading is receiving a file from
another computer.

When you send, or receive an attached file with an e-mail note, this is just an attachment, not a
download or an upload. However, in practice, many people use "upload" to mean "send" and
"download" to mean receive. The term is used loosely in practice and if someone says to you
"Download (or upload) such--and-such a file to me" via e-mail, they simply mean "Send it to me.

In short, from the ordinary workstation or small computer user's point-of-view, to upload is to send
a file and to download is to receive a file.

file transfer protocol:

File Transfer Protocol is a standard Internet protocol for transmitting files between computers on
the Internet over TCP/IP connections.
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FTP is a client-server protocol that relies on two communications channels between client and
server: a command channel for controlling the conversation and a data channel for transmitting file
content. Clients initiate conversations with servers by requesting to download a file. Using FTP, a
client can upload, download, delete, rename, move and copy files on a server. A user typically needs
to log on to the FTP server, although some servers make some or all their content available without
login, also known as anonymous FTP.

Web page construction:

Web page construction relates to things such as layout, interface, navigation, colour, imagery Etc.
So, this will all depend on how you want your website to look and what assets you want to add to it.
This will also determine how good your website works and functions with the user. As an example,
the text and font would need to be used so that all the users can read it. And you would need to use
the right colour scheme that would make things stand out so they aren’t going to be hard to spot.

Text/Fonts:

Text and the use of fonts are a big factor to a website as it will determine how the user will collect
the information that is on the website. As the text and font size need to be at a good standard to
which the user will be able to see the text. So that’s something to look out for as you will need to
make sure that the text is the correct size, font and colour so that the user will have no problem
reading the information that you have provided on your website.

“Specify the font size, font face and color of text:”

“<font size="3" color="red">This is some text!</font>”
“<font size="2" color="blue">This is some text!</font>”
“<font face="verdana" color="green">This is some text!</font>”
As seen by the coding above it is very simple to change the text on webpages as all you need to do is
change a number to change the color so it is very basic to do.
Colour:

The colour of your website can have a big effect as to how the website is
presented. As an example, most websites will use 1-2 colour as that gives it a
professional look. Other websites that use more than 3 don’t always looked that
good and just look like the developer has just splattered a load of colour onto the
webpage and it doesn’t look good at all. Another thing that you need to look out
for when it comes to colour is how it goes with the other assets such as the text,
images Etc. So, you need to find a good combination of the 2 so you can get the best-looking website
that you can using colour.

Images:

Images are also a big part of a website as they are another form of information to your viewer. They
also make your website have more variety other than just text and colour. With images, you can also
have things like animation or a gif with your advert using multiple images of your choice and that a
good thing to have on a website as animation can go a long way. When it comes to coding an image
in a website it isn’t that easy as you must get the right coding to get the image that you want. As
you can see below.
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<img src="http://www.html.am/images/image-
codes/milford_sound_t.jpg" width="225" height="151"
alt="Photo of Milford Sound in New Zealand" />

Tables:

An HTML table is defined with the <table> tag.

Each table row is defined with the <tr> tag. A table header is defined with the <th> tag. By default,
table headings are bold and centered. A table data/cell is defined with the <td> tag.

Example

<table style="width:100%">

<tr>

<th>Firstname</th>

<th>Lastname</th>

<th>Age</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Jill</td>

<td>Smith</td>

<td>50</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Eve</td>

<td>Jackson</td>

<td>94</td>

</tr>

</table>

Hyperlink:
In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow
either by clicking, tapping, or hovering. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific
element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. The text that is linked from is called
anchor text. A software system that is used for viewing and creating hypertext is a hypertext system,
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and to create a hyperlink is to hyperlink. A user following hyperlinks is said to navigate or browse the
hypertext.

Language and terminology:

Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words or multi-
word expressions that in specific contexts are given specific meanings—these may deviate from the
meanings the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. Terminology is a
discipline that studies, among other things, the development of such terms and their
interrelationships within a specialized domain. Terminology differs from lexicography, as it involves
the study of concepts, conceptual systems and their labels (terms), whereas lexicography studies
words and their meanings.

Metadata:

Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with
instances of data easier. For example, author, date created and date modified and file size are
examples of very basic document metadata. Having the ability to filter through that metadata
makes it much easier for someone to locate a specific document.

In addition to document files, metadata is used for images, videos, spreadsheets and web pages. The
use of metadata on web pages can be very important. Metadata for web pages contain descriptions
of the page’s contents, as well as keywords linked to the content. These are usually expressed in the
form of metatags.

HTML and XHTML:

HTML and XHTML are both languages in which web pages are written. HTML is SGML-based while
XHTML is XML-based. They are like two sides of the same coin. XHTML was derived from HTML to
conform to XML standards. Hence XHTML is strict when compared to HTML and does not allow user
to get away with lapses in coding and structure.

The reason for XHTML to be developed was convoluted browser specific tags. Pages coded in HTML
appeared different in different browsers.

HTML is the predominant mark-up language for web pages. HTML creates structured documents by
denoting structural semantics for text like headings, lists, links, quotes etc. It allows images and
objects to be embedded to create interactive forms. It is written as tags surrounded by angle
brackets - for example, <html>. Scripts in languages like JavaScript can also be loaded.

XHTML is a family of XML languages which extend or mirror versions of HTML. It does not allow
omission of any tags or use of attribute minimization. XHTML requires that there be an end tag to
every start tag and all nested tags must be closed in the right order. For example, while <br> is valid
in HTML, it would be required to write <br /> in XHTML.

Cascading style sheets:

CSS is the language for describing the presentation of Web pages, including colours, layout, and
fonts. It allows one to adapt the presentation to different types of devices, such as large screens,
small screens, or printers. CSS is independent of HTML and can be used with any XML-based mark-
up language. The separation of HTML from CSS makes it easier to maintain sites, share style sheets
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across pages, and tailor pages to different environments. This is referred to as the separation of
structure from presentation.

Separation of formatting and content makes it possible to present the same mark-up page in
different styles for different rendering methods, such as on-screen, in print, by voice and on Braille-
based tactile devices. It can also display the web page differently depending on the screen size or
viewing device. Readers can also specify a different style sheet, such as a CSS file stored on their own
computer, to override the one the author specified.