Website Design Glossary

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A

Ad Design Concepts - Previous company owned by Ross Sabes from 1999-2006.
Ad Media Concepts - Later re-named Ad Design Concepts.
Adobe - Makers of important design applications used in graphic and web site design such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash.
AJAX - Programming technique that uses javascript to develop more responsive and rich web site experiences. *see wikipedia.
APIs - An API is an Application Programming Interface. These are ways for developers to 'tap into', customize and integrate applications and resources such as facebook, e-bay, PayPal and Google. We are dedicated to keeping up with what APIs are available and how they can be leveraged to benefit our clients web site functionality and marketing objectives. * on wikipedia.
Apple - Think different.
authorize.net - Merchant service provider that enables you to authorize, settle, and manage credit card and electronic check payments.
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C

cloud computing - The paradigm that applications will live on servers versus your local client machine. more info...
cms - Stands for content management system. Examples include CKEditor, Drupal, Joomla, TinyMCE and other components.
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D

drupal - Open source content management system and community building platform. More info at drupal.org.
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E

e-commerce - Accepting payment online for goods and services.
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F

facebook - popular social networking application used by individuals to share information and have fun.
Flash - Technology introduced by Macromedia to stream animations using the Flash player plug-in. Was later purchased by Adobe. Is now a powerful tool in a web developers arsenal for multimedia effects and applications. * wikipedia reference.
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J

JQuery - JavaScript framework for developers to add functionality and create effects using javascript.
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W

Wordpress - Popular and powerful open-source blogging and content management platform.
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