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The Basics

Some of the general terminology that you may come across on your road to getting online…

Domain Name  Domain names are the alphabetic names used to refer to computers on the Internet – e.g www.wizzy. com.  A web site address includes a suffix such as .co.uk, .com, .net, .org, .gov, .edu. Wizzy Design provide full domain name registration and related services.

Web Hosting  When you sign up for a web hosting account with Wizzy Design you are allocated webspace, email accounts and other related tools and resources to help manage your eBusiness.

Web-Space  The amount of physical hard disk storage space allocated to you for storing all your website files
on. Storage space is measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes.

Web server  Your website files reside on a web server (a computer permanently connected to the Internet). Wizzy Design use many web and
email servers to cater for our large client base.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)   A way of transferring files over the net. This could be to transfer entire web pages from a server  so it can be viewed in a browser, or to transfer larger files via email. This is also a method of uploading your development files from our computers to your webspace. This happens when your site goes live but also in the development stage when we upload your pages to one of our ‘Demo Servers’ to let you see how its all going.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)  The programming language used for creating pages and controlling how those pages appear on the web.

Adobe Flash  Software used to create animation and allow interaction with web pages. Flash is often used to create web adverts like the small ‘banners’ you see on websites sometimes. It is widely used to integrate audio and video into web pages and to develop
rich Internet applications.

Content  The information displayed within a web page. This can include text, photographs, graphics, audio, video etc.

Copy  The written text for each of your website pages.

Screen resolution  The number of pixels a screen can display in a given area. The more pixels, the more information you can display on your screen and the smaller items will appear. There are many screen resolutions; e.g  800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 & 1920×1200. What this generally means is that your website (and indeed anything else) will look much better on a high-res screen compared to a low res screen. Currently, the most common screen resolutions are 1024 x768 and 1280 x 1024. For best display results (for web browsing and all other computer use) we recommend that you setup your computer in resolutions around the 1280 x 1024 range of settings.

eCommerce / Online shops  Many businesses rely heavily on online commerce with countless online retail outlets springing up on a daily basis. To enable new businesses to get up and running quickly, our technical team is able to tailor an excellent Online Shopping System to suit your needs, which is fully featured, secure and easy to use.  This is the result of extensive research and experience accumulated through years of work in electronic commerce strategies.

Content Management Systems (CMS)  A CMS allows you to review, re-use, edit, publish and manage the content of your website efficiently and effectively – and in doing so means that you are able to keep your site up to date and maximise the chances of your visitors returning. If regular updating and management of your information is important to your business operation, then a content management system is essential.
Whatever your requirements we can provide a solution, so call our sales team now!