Category: Web Design & Development

Navigation

This term refers to ones ability to move throughout the web, whether it be on a browser such as Google, or within a website itself. Navigation is important in the user’s experience. A site that is difficult to navigate will be offputting to the user.

Parallax Scrolling

In web design, the manner through which the background images move more slowly than the foreground images that are used.

Prototyping

This is the process of creating a prototype for a website. It’s not easy to create a desired website on the first try, often times it takes prototyping to eventually get the correct design.

Responsive Web Design (RWD)

This refers to a way of coding a site so that it displays optimally on a mobile device as well as large screens. A RWD is comprised of breakpoints (typically 4), one for a mobile phone, tablet, desktop standard and desktop large. Read more about it here.   Takeaways Responsive websites have become standard. 2 …

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Revisions

After an Alpha site is released, there are typically revisions. This is due to the fact that until an actual website is released it’s hard to know fully how it will look and work. The different types of revisions include preferences for how a page responds on a particular mobile device to how a page …

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Schema Markup

A string of HTML code that helps search engines understand the type of content that exists on a webpage.

User Interface (UI)

This term refers to the layout of a page or rather where a user interacts with a software application or Internet browser. Often referred to as a GUI or graphical user interface. The User Interface or UI is a subset of the overall User Experience design which includes how people interact with a series of …

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Website Testing

This is performed by a web developer during the Development and Deployment Phases. Developers will test the site design and functional features based on the Browser Spec. They will also complete items the QA person has found. Note people unfamiliar with web development are often surprised as to how much time QA and testing take. …

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