Practice web design vocabulary with this exercise. The terms here reflect the language of UI/UX, visual design, and the technical aspects of building and maintaining websites.
📚 Key vocabulary responsive design — a web design approach that makes pages render well on a variety of devices and screen sizes SEO (Search Engine Optimization) — techniques used to improve a website's visibility in organic search engine results wireframe — a simplified visual guide representing the layout of a web page before full design is applied front-end — the part of a website or application that users interact with directly, built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript back-end — the server-side of a website or application that handles data processing, storage, and business logic CMS (Content Management System) — software enabling users to create, manage, and publish digital content without technical expertise HTML (HyperText Markup Language) — the standard language used to create and structure content on the web CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) — a language used to describe the visual presentation and layout of HTML documents domain name — the unique web address used to identify a website, such as businessenglishsite.com hosting — a service that stores a website's files and makes them accessible via the internet
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. Make sure that the _____________________ is consistent for all the pages on the site.
Correct answer: look and feel.
2. I think you should _____________________ the colors a little more.
Correct answer: play with.
3. Can you make the header _____________________ a little more? (meaning: Can you make it more noticeable?)
Correct answer: stand out.
4. This page is not very _____________________.
Correct answer: user-friendly.
5. I have designed three versions of the site ____________________.
Correct answer: for you to look at.
6. One of the images is not _____________________ on the page.
Correct answer: showing up.
7. When you are staging a site, you are ____________________.
Correct answer: making sure everything is ready before it goes live.
8. When a site is live, ____________________.
Correct answer: everyone can see it.
9. Make sure you test the site on _____________________ browsers.
Correct answer: multiple.
10. We'd like you to create a professional _____________________ for the new site.