PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language for creating dynamic web pages. the programming syntax is very similar to Perl but is much easier than comparable Perl or ASP to learn. PHP supports the most common databases like MySQL Sybase or Oracle and you can integrate external libraries to generate PDF documents or for parsing XML. it is an open-source language which is supported by groups of developers.

Flash ActionScripts

ActionScript is the scripting language of Macromedia Flash. a scripting language is a way to communicate with a program; you can use it to tell Flash what to do and to ask Flash what is happening as a movie runs.

ActionScript is an ECMAScript-based programming language used for controlling Macromedia Flash movies and applications. since both ActionScript and JavaScript are based on the same ECMAScript syntax, the client model is dramatically different: while JavaScript deals with windows, documents and forms, ActionScript deals with movie-clips, text fields and sounds.

Forms

HTML forms were the first technology that allowed a user to interact with the web. until today, they remain the most fundamental way to achieve this interaction.

common uses of forms are for surveys, on-line order forms, feedback, or really any web page in which input is required from the user in order to accomplish a given task or provide a service to the user.

[forms example]

 name  
 email  

AUDIO FILE TYPES: MP3, WAV

popular sound file formats these days include .MP3 for both Mac and PCs and .WMA for the PC. other file formats include .AIFF for Mac; .AU for Mac and UNIX; .WAV for the PC; and .RA for Real Audio, a proprietary system for delivering and playing streaming audio on the internet.

VIDEO FILE TYPES: QuickTime

for video, popular extensions are .AVI and .RAM for the PC, .MPG (short for MPEG), which is platform-independent, but requires its own player, and .MOV and .QT for QuickTime movies. QuickTime was initially developed just for the Macintosh, but now plays on Windows and UNIX, too.

WEB IMAGE FILE TYPES:

the most common graphics file formats on the Web are those with the extensions .jpg and .gif.

JPG

is short for JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group), which is a popular compression standard for photographs and other images.

GIF

extension stands for Graphics Interchange Format, a standard developed by CompuServe in the late 1980s. both these graphics formats are platform-independent, which means you can use them on a PC, Mac or UNIX.

PNG

(Portable Network Graphics) is a graphics format specifically designed for use on the World Wide Web. PNG enable compression of images without any loss of quality, including high-resolution images.

BMP

(bitmap) the standard graphics file format on Windows-compatible computers. Bitmap graphics support 24-bit color and can be saved for Windows or OS/2 systems.

WBMP

is a graphic format optimized for mobile computing devices. A WBMP file defined is a simple black-and-white image file with one bit per pixel and no compression.

TEMPLATE FILE TYPES:

 

PSD

(Adobe Photoshop format) is the only format supporting all available image modes (Bitmap, Grayscale, Duotone, Indexed Color, RGB, CMYK, Lab, and Multichannel), guides, alpha channels, spot channels, and layers.

PNG

(Macromedia Fireworks format) create, edit, and animate Web graphics using a complete set of bitmap and vector tools. use export controls to optimize your images, give them advanced interactivity, and export them into other HTML editors. allowing you to launch and edit Fireworks graphics from inside Dreamweaver or Macromedia Flash.

Ai and EPS

formats, see what is 'vector shape graphics' below.

VECTOR SHAPE GRAPHICS

vector graphics is the creation of digital images through a sequence of commands or mathematical statements that place lines and shapes in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional space.

one advantage of vector graphics over bitmap graphics (or raster graphics) is that they makes it possible to change any element of the picture at any time since each element is stored as an independent object.

another advantage of vector graphics is that the resulting image file is typically smaller than a bitmap file containing the same image. examples of vector-image file types are PDF, Adobe illustrator Ai, and Flash vector shape graphics.

FTP

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is how you transfer your website pages from your computer to the host computer (sever).

WEB SERVER

a website server is a computer specially programmed to serve files requested by clients. this computer is permanently connected to the internet and all web pages are held on servers. when you are connected to the internet with your own computer you are the client that sends the request to the web server which returns your request back to your browser.

CGI

the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is the standard by which external programs can interface with a HTTP web server.

CGI programs can be designed to handle an information request to a database, take the results and assemble an HTML document and return this document to your browser.

common Gateway interface are used to provide things like counters, response forms, guest books, and many other things. hosting your site with Design On Line gives you full CGI access for no extra charge You can write your own scripts, install the Free Scripts that you can find on the web, or use one of our preinstalled CGI scripts provided by your domain host.

MySQL

MySQL is a database management system and a database is a structured collection of data. it may be anything from a list of products on your site or the large amounts of information in a corporate network. to add, access, and process data stored in a computer database, you need a database management system. Since computers are very good at handling large amounts of data, database management plays a central role in computing, as stand-alone utilities, or as parts of other applications.

MySQL is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust Structured Query Language database server. it is is a relational database management system which stores data in separate tables rather than putting all the data in one big storeroom which adds speed and flexibility. the tables are linked by defined relations making it possible to combine data from several tables on request.

Hit Counter

a computer program that uses an image or hidden file to count the number of hits/visits to a web page.

Favicon

favicon.ico is a small icon that some browsers display next to a bookmark when the site is viewed. sometimes, it's useful to display corporate logos on websites in this way.

favicon (short for "favorites icon"), also known as a page icon, is an icon associated with a particular website or web page. many web browsers—such as recent versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Avant and Konqueror—can then make use of them. browsers that support favicons may display them in the browser's address bar, next to the site's name in lists of bookmarks.