Below the Fold

Basically this means content in the bottom half of the page i.e. the part of the page that is visible when the user arrives on the webpage for the first time so the user dors not need to scroll down to see it.

Browser

This refers to the piece of software installed on your machine that allows you to “surf the web”. Examples of which are Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.

E-Commerce

This is the buying and selling online, using websites. The items can be physical or digital.

Favicon

Customizable iconsthat shows in the address bar in most browsers.

HTML

This stands for Hypertext Markup Language. The main language used to write websites its provides contene thata you see in the browser. Wihtout HTML the web wouldn’t work very well 🙂

Landing Page

This is the page that a person arrives at when they enter your site, this can be any page on your site and is not necessarily your home page.

Open Source

This can refer to computer programs that are available to the general public. They are usually free or low cost and are developed by teams of people, sometimes comprised mostly of volunteers e.g. WordPress

Template

This is a file which is used to help create a design that can be consistant across a website. Content Management Systems use templates alot

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Backend

This refers to the actual website code that makes the user see what they see in the browser window when they look at the webpage. In addition it can also refer to the area in the back of a CMS (see below) where you an make your chnages to the site. Double meanings all over the place 🙂

CMS

CSS

Short for Cascading Style Sheet this is a file thats contains all the information which makes a website look “fancy”. No CSS = boring site

Domain

Basically the address of your website e.g. www.hehawebdesign.co.uk. Your website won’t work without one

FTP

File Transfer Protocol a method for transferring files around the net. Specifically for website design its a way of getting files from your machine to your website hosts machine

Keyword

This describes a word that is used to search for information on the net. Your website will need these to enable your site to be found when people look for things on the net e.g. to find this site you kight have used: website design; web designer etc. These can be imporved by using SEO techniques (see below)

Responsive

This describes what happens to a webpage when it is viewed on different sized screens. If your page / site adapts itself to the screen size then it is described as responsive. It should be as this will help your SEO (see below)

SEO

This stands for Search Engine Optimization. The method whereby your website is altered to improve where it appears in the results when someone does a search. Improving your keywords (see above)

URL

Uniform Resource Locator is simply your website address. Some say the difference between this and your domain is the http:// at the beginning. For example https://www.hehawebdesign.co.uk

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Let me throw a few numbers at you:

1,687,866,303 – Internet Live Stats and this is weeks old!

Quite a large number that huh? This is the total number of active websites (estimated) out there as of June 2016 as stated by Internet live stats.

However no-one is absolutely sure, there are lots of sites that are invisible and lots of sites on parts of the web that are unseen such as those on the dark web.

But even if we take this as an estimate it can’t be that far off, which brings us to the topic of this post, how do you get your site seen by the audience that you want?

Plan Plan Plan!

Make sure the site you create is geared towards your audience. Consider who the target audience is, is the design and content what the target audience wants and needs and importantly make it differ (in a good way ) from your competitors

Make em stay!

Everything (and I mean everything) on the site must benefit the audience directly, value being the key word here. Once you get them onto your site you have to make them stay there/ return

What ya going to call it!

A good domain name is half the problem. Don’t make it to complex, long or hard to spell. If possible make sure it contains a keyword that describes what you do. It doesn’t have to be your business name, take B and Q their domain is DIY.com!

The logo

If the logo is bad the perception of the site will be bad. A memorable logo or byline / slogan that sticks in the target audiences mind is important. Make it easy to remember but not too complicated or “fiddily”

It’s a mobile world out there

This is the last one but is the most important. Design for mobile is a MUST this means responsive design, if it doesn’t work properly on a mobile then you will suffer in Google search results not to mention drive people away as soon as they land on the site.

If you need any help with the website give us a call

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