November 17th, 2011
Every business decision that you make has a reason or a goal. For web presence, it is usually to improve sales, exposure, or various aspects of your business. If that is the case, then design and development is step one.
Step two is just as important in the success. Some terms and ideas that go in line with this topic are shopping cart abandonment rate, referral sites, length of stay on your site, and several other metrics. These metrics, and the proper evaluation of them, can be the golden ticket to your e-commerce marketing strategy.
For this blog I decided to scratch the surface of a couple of these terms, and then revisit them later.
Shopping Cart Abandonment Rate – This term refers to the percentage of...
August 11th, 2011
Value
In CSS , a value is a length, quality, type or URL assigned to a style property for an element. CSS properties each have specific ranges of value or token types which may be declared for them.
Replaced Element
A replaced element is one that, when the page is rendered, its contents are replaced by something else. Examples of replaced elements include images, form inputs, and objects.
Readability
Readability is the degree to which the meaning of text is understandable, based on the complexity of sentences and the difficulty of vocabulary. Indexes for readability usually rank usability by the age or grade level required for someone to be able to readily understand a reading passage.
Margin
In CSS, a margin is a property that allows the...
July 20th, 2011
DNS - Domain Name Server
This is a computer used by your ISP to store the database of IP addresses and their associated Domain Names. When you type a Domain Name into your browser, your ISP consults the DNS database to translate the name into the appropriate IP address, then broadcasts your request onto the Internet.
Image Map
Areas of an image on a web page that have links to other areas of the Web. Some types of images map can have alt tags on the areas, while others must have text links.
Rapid Prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the process of quickly generating mock-ups of what a website will look like.
Leading
The difference between the values of line-height and font-size. It is the extra space between the lines of text above and below...