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Webform

A registration page. It has fill-in-the-blanks, multiple-choice options, etc. that you can use to request information from your website’s visitors

Weight

The order assignment of a menu item. “Heavier” (greater numeric value) items float down or to the right, while “lighter” (smaller numeric value) items float to the top of the left.

Web Hosting Service

A "web hosting service" is a collection of server software providing remote storage and delivery of website content.

Web Services of the Division of URCM

Web Content Team

Coordinates and executes content across UNT’s home page and second-level pages, collaborates with Recruitment Marketing to maintain content on top-level sites including Admissions, Tours, Transfer and Apply; produces the weekly InHouse e-newsletter for faculty and staff and helps ensure that UNT’s story is told in a cohesive, coordinated manner across all top digital properties.

Web Development Team

Creates web pages and other digital assets in support of URCM projects, student recruitment campaigns and other university-level initiatives, including the main unt.edu website, UNT’s web brand identity and the official UNT Drupal theme. 

Website

A "website" is a collection of web pages containing information, forms, or interactive tools related to a unit and/or service, having its own home page (index page), unique web address, distinct business function, or a navigational structure that differs from its parent site (such as an academic department's website that is part of a college or school parent site).

Website Builder

A "website builder" is the individual, or representative of a group of individuals, who builds and develops a website, including architecture, functionality, and other components which are maintained by a website custodian. The website builder is designated by the website custodian and may be the same individual.

Website Building Tool

A "website building tool" is a software application intended, at least in part, to facilitate the development and maintenance work involved in publishing a website, enabling the website maintainer to perform day-to-day content management tasks without extensive technical training or experience.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WCAG

These are documents developed through the W3C process in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of proving a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations and governments internationally.

The WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Web "content" generally refers to the information in a web page or web application, including:

  • natural information such as text, images, and sounds
  • code or markup that defines the structure, presentation, etc.

Website Custodian

A "website custodian" is the full-time staff member assigned by the information owner or information manager to oversee the development and maintenance of a website.

Website Maintainer

A "website maintainer" is the individual responsible for the day-to-day content management and maintenance duties necessary for a particular website, as determined by the website custodian. The website maintainer is designated by the website custodian and may be the same individual.

WYSIWYG

Pronounced wizz-ee-wig, it is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. In computing, a WYSIWYG editor is a system in which content, such as text and graphics, can be edited in a form closely resembling its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.

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