Sometimes referred to as a horizontal scroll, this interactive web design feature displays content in a horizontal row with arrows to the left and right, allowing for easy navigation and space-efficient design. A horizontal slider is popular with content-heavy websites such as public libraries to display book covers.
The .htaccess file is a powerful website file that controls high-level configuration of your website. On servers that run Apache (a web server software), the .htaccess file allows you to make changes to your website’s configuration without having to edit server configuration files.
HyperText Markup Language, the coding language used to create hypertext documents for the World Wide Web. In HTML, a block of text can be surrounded with tags that indicate how it should appear (for example, in bold face or italics). Also, in HTML a word, a block of text, or an image can be linked …
The way in which information is organized, structured and labeled to enable usability and clear understanding throughout websites and online applications.
This refers to when one section of a site or a page uses the same CSS styling as another already defined section. This reduces the time it takes to style pages and makes for a more cohesive site. Takeaway Understanding how images and photography are handled with a CMS saves time and can make …
This is a type of programming language that adds dynamic features to web pages and is used by many web services.
This is a javascript library designed to simplify HTML scripting. It is made to more easily navigate documents, create animations, and create plug ins to add onto the javascript library.
A JavaScript framework is an application for developing user interfaces and applications. It helps single page applications and websites perform faster and more efficiently. Examples include React.js, Vue.js, and AngularJS. These frameworks are becoming more popular due to the increased performance they provide and the ability to work with CMSs such as Drupal and WordPress.
Material Design pertains to a design language that was developed in 2014 by Google. It makes use of grid-based layouts, responsive animations and transitions, padding, and depth effects such as lighting and shadows.
The most common two types of mobile displays are phones and tablets. The sizes of these displays vary and there are close to 300 different devices that can access the Internet as of 2014. Takeaway Keep in mind a Responsive Web Design is not one design. It will change with each different type of …
