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—— WORLD WIDE WEB ——\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

CMS<\/strong> – <\/span>Content management system<\/a> such as WordPress created by a combination of a<\/span> database application (usually mySql) and a programming language (usually php).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>CMS applications include: WordPress, Drupal, ZenCart, Shopify, Joomla.<\/p>\n

LMS<\/strong> – Learning management systems<\/a> such as Brightspace D2L (crufty),\u00a0 Blackboard (expensive), and the popular, open-source, free application\u00a0 Moodle<\/a><\/p>\n

HTTP<\/strong> – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol – The first part of a link command in html.\u00a0 Usually today we use https…<\/p>\n

HTTPS<\/strong> – This is the secure version of HTTP, and its greatly preferred.\u00a0 Web hosting companies sell add-on certificates for secure sites.
\n(ex: https:\/\/www.revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm )<\/p>\n

HTML<\/strong> – Hyper Text Markup Language – The system using carats\u00a0 “<” and “>” to set off commands for links, images, video references and text formatting.<\/p>\n

Top level domain<\/strong> – The last part of a URL (ex:\u00a0 edu or\u00a0 gov )<\/p>\n

URL<\/strong> – Uniform Resource Locator (ex: www.radford.edu)\u00a0 Also called Domain Name. These are for sale through web hosts or other similar services.<\/p>\n

World Wide Web<\/strong> — Invented and developed by Tim Berners Lee at CERN in Geneva around 1989 – 1992.\u00a0 A major application operating inside the larger “Internet”\u00a0 \u00a0(developed in the 1960s – 80s) with standardized protocols for computer-to-computer communication through web and\/or internet servers.<\/p>\n

—— CMS \/ WORDPRESS ——\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dashboard<\/strong> —\u00a0 After logging in to a WordPress site, the dashboard is the place where all the commands are found.<\/p>\n

Appearance \/ Themes<\/strong> — Every wordpress page is based around a theme. This site uses Coreline.\u00a0 You select them or search for new ones under Appearance \/ Themes.<\/p>\n

Warning:<\/strong><\/span> Do NOT pay for anything at this point. This should all be free.<\/p>\n

Appearance \/ Customize<\/strong> — Here you’ll see a menu that lets you set up the basics of your site, including header image, tagline and menus.\u00a0 Be sure to switch your “homepage settings” to “your latest posts.”<\/p>\n

Warning:<\/strong><\/span> Do NOT push the big blue button and “create a new menu.”\u00a0 You want to work with the existing main menu or Menu 1.<\/p>\n

Post and pages<\/strong> — These are almost the same thing, but typically, posts are used for immediate short-term content, and pages are used for long term permanent content.\u00a0 Posts can stack on the front page.\u00a0 Both pages and posts can be organized through Appearance \/ Menus<\/p>\n

Media library<\/strong> — This is where you upload the images you want to display on a web site. You can use one uploaded image from your media library as many times as you like.<\/p>\n

Plugins<\/strong> — When you buy hosting from major companies,\u00a0 you can add features like security or newsletter mailing systems.\u00a0 There are also LMS plugins.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u00a0IMAGING APPLICATIONS ——\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n