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2FA

2FA Definition: Two-factor authentication – Use a one-time pass on your phone

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API

API Definition: An API is a set of programming code that enables data transmission between one software product and another. It also contains the terms of this data exchange.

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Backend

Code stored on the server that controls how a website functions. This is often referring to an admin area or bespoke functionality.

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Cache

Cache Definition: Saving a copy of a web page and other types of data when that is time-consuming or complicated to fetch or load afresh each time it’s needed. Caching can be used to speed up slow web pages but could…

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CMS

Content Management Systems (or CMS for short) enable non-developers to easily manage and maintain a website. Most modern websites are managed via a CMS. Next Level Web Design work with WordPress, Joomla!, Django, & Wagtail.

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CSS

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet and it styles the HTML of a website’s pages such as font colours, sizes, spacing, layout etc..

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CSS Attribute

CSS has a load of CSS attributes that can be used to control & style all elements of a web page. Padding, margin, font-size, background-color are all CSS Attributes.

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Database

A database consists of big tables of data that are quick to read, save and update. Asking a question about a database is called “querying”. Most of a website’s content is stored in a database and can be edited via…

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DNS

DNS Definition: Like a phonebook, it will convert a name (domain) into a phone number (IP address).

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Domain Name

A domain name is the address or name of your site and it points to a server located on the internet that stores your website’s files & databases. There are hundreds of domain registrars, but we usually use 123-reg.co.uk.

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Frontend

Code that runs on your computer, in the browser, that basically defines what a webpage looks like to the user.

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HTML 

Code that structures and holds the website content and that tells the browser what’s included in the page and where.

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IP Address

IP Address Definition: Like a phone number, an IP address is a unique number for an internet connection or for a server where a website is hosted. When you buy a domain name, you’ll need to point it at your…

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Javascript 

Javascript is a language that is used to manipulate a web page’s elements on either the frontend or backend of a website. There are lots of different libraries created with Javascript that enable designers and developers to add a whole…

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Letter Spacing

Letter Spacing Definition: The space between letters can be controlled by this CSS attribute. ‘0’ is the default, and anything below 0, like -0.2 for example, makes the letters closer together, positive values increase the spacing.

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Line Height

The line height CSS attribute specifies the height of a line of text or of a heading. It alters the spacing between lines of text.

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Loading Speed

Loading Speed Definition: How fast a web page takes to load or finish loading. This can be measured using Google’s PageSpeed tool and we always aim for our sites to load in under 2 seconds i we possible.

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Margin

A CSS attribute that controls the amount of spacing on the outside of an element is used.

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Microsite

A small auxiliary website designed to function as a supplement to a primary website. These microsite are commonly displayed and located using a sub-domain () or sub-folder of a website (mydomain.co.uk/microsite-name/).

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Padding

Padding is a  CSS attribute that controls the amount of spacing around the inside of an element.

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Payment Gateway

Payment Gateway Definition: A digital bridge between a website and a third party is used that enables the website to accept and process payments. This bridge allows secure communication between both to exchange transactional information for payment.

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PHP

PHP is a programming language that works on the backend of some websites and when you connect with a website built using PHP, it provides all of the advanced functionality including any interactions with the site’s database. An example of…

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Server

Basically a computer, usually in a data centre (a big building with lots of servers), stores a website’s files and runs the software that enables a website to function. If you’re going to have a website you’ll need a server to host the webdsite…

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