Web Technology Explained » Web technology http://websitetoolshop.com/blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What Is CSS Used For? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/18/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/18/04/2006/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:39:30 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/18/04/2006/ CSS – CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets.  These have revolutionised web site development and take the form of a single file that holds the style information for the whole web site.

Instead of defining the style on each occasion in every web page, the style is defined once in the CSS file and referred to over and over again throughout the site. 

The power of this is that if you want to change say, the color of a particular font you only have to do it once, in the CSS file.  Not in every occurrence of the font in every page of your site, as was the case before CSS.

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/18/04/2006/feed/ 0 What Is A Cookie? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/17/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/17/04/2006/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:53:50 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/17/04/2006/ Cookies – A cookie is a piece of information that is downloaded onto your computer by the site you are currently visiting. Cookies are very useful in most cases as they are used to store information about you such as preferences or passwords for web sites you visit frequently.

The problems come when cookies are downloaded to your computer without your prior knowledge or agreement. Some of these are harmless such as those used by the big sites like Amazon. However, because you are usually unaware of the download certain people can take advantage of this and hence we now have the scourge of spyware and malware to contend with.

You can alter your browser settings to control the download of cookies and stop them entirely if you want to. If you are using Internet Explorer take a look at the security settings in the tools_options menu.

For more detailed information on cookies take a look at Cookie Central.com

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/17/04/2006/feed/ 0 What Is The Common Gateway Interface? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/16/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/16/04/2006/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:44:05 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/16/04/2006/ CGI – Common Gateway Interface – A set of rules that describe how a web server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine CGI programs are normally used in conjunction with databases and HTML forms to create pages such as input forms or surveys.

The CGI programs themselves are normally stored in a special folder on the server called the CGI-bin

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/16/04/2006/feed/ 0 What Is A Browser? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/15/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/15/04/2006/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:52:08 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/15/04/2006/ Browser – software used to view web sites.  There are several makes of browser however the most popular is Microsoft Internet Explorer, followed by Mozilla Firefox.

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/15/04/2006/feed/ 0 What Is Broadband? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/13/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/13/04/2006/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:12:00 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/13/04/2006/ Broadband – a high speed connection to the internet that allows faster downloads and web browsing together with more practical use of video and audio. Broadband gives you a faster connection than a traditional dial up modem however coverage in some areas can be limited.

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/13/04/2006/feed/ 0 Definition Of The Term Bandwidth http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/12/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/12/04/2006/#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:51:09 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/12/04/2006/ Bandwidth – how much data you are allowed to send through your connection/web site. Typically used by web site hosting providers to limit the amount of traffic your site can receive and how much data it can send. Usually measured in bits per second (BPS)

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/12/04/2006/feed/ 0 What is a weblog? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/11/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/11/04/2006/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:43:24 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/11/04/2006/ Blog. A short for ‘weblog’. A web page that is updated like a diary, with the most recent writing first. Usually done using blogging software instead of being maintained by hand.

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/11/04/2006/feed/ 0 What is ASP? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/10/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/10/04/2006/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:18:57 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/10/04/2006/ ASP – a web page that includes code that is processed on a Microsoft based web server.  Usually the code is used to retrieve information held in a database on the server. This resulting data is then added to the page before it is transmitted back to the user.

ASP pages can be read by all the popular web browsers.

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/10/04/2006/feed/ 0 How Articles Are Used On The Internet http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/9/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/9/04/2006/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:17:20 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/9/04/2006/ Articles – a common way for web site owners to publicise themselves and their web sites.  People write articles and supply them to databases for them to publish in return for receiving credits in the form of web site URL’s and a brief biog at the end of every article published.

]]> http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/9/04/2006/feed/ 0 What Is Apache? http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/8/04/2006/ http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/8/04/2006/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:24:25 +0000 Tommy http://websitetoolshop.com/blog/8/04/2006/ Apache – The most popular web server. It is open source and free for anyone to use.

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