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Saturday, 5th Jul 2008

digi-masters.com Glossary

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Administration Section

Category:  other

An Administration Section is a private area for the owner of the web site to update certain features on the site such as shop, news or gallery items.

This section may also allow for updates of certain site details such as contact details, number of items per page and other such features. The scope of an Administration Section is limited only by the clients requirements.

 

Forms & Fields

Category:  other

A form is made up of a number of fields. A field essentially a tool to allow a visitor to answer a question on a form. There are a number of different types, the more common ones are shown below.

A text field:
News Item Title:
News Item Text:
Drop down box:
Text area:
Check boxes:
Option one Option two Option three
Radio buttons:
Option one Option two Option three
 

cPanel

Category:  other

cPanel is an advanced control panel system that allows the user to change a wide variety of aspects of their web hosting service settings through an easy to use graphical interface.

For more information about cPanel visit wikipedia.

 

Bandwidth

Category:  other

Bandwidth refers to the amount of information transferred between the web server and visitors to a site. This is measured in bytes.

For more information about bytes visit wikipedia.

 

Storage Space

Category:  other

In this case Storage Space refers to the amount of space on the web server for storing the web site. This includes text, pictures and other types of data. This is measured in bytes.

For more information about bytes visit wikipedia.

 

Redirect

Category:  other

A redirect is a controlled movement of a visitor from one site to another. For example if a user navigates to http://www.yourdomain.com/UK/ they can be automatically redirected to http://www.yourdomain.co.uk/

 

AWStats

Category:  other

AWStats is an advanced statistics monitoring system which allows the client to view information concerning visitors to the web site. Information includes such things as country of origin, volume of traffic at specific times, keywords used on search engines to locate the web site and bandwidth used.

If you wish to learn more then visit the AWStats website.

 

Screen Readers

Category:  other

Screen readers are programs made to read text from a screen. The main use for these programs is for partially sighted or blind people to be able to use a computer without assistance. During recent years UK laws have changed to ensure that people using screen readers are not discriminated against.