In order to be able to understand what we are talking about we may suggest a simple glossary of web design terms. It's not "science" definition of these terms, it's used as an explanation to give you the idea what they are basically means, not digging in the technical meaning.

Website - the collection of related by topic HTML documents, linked in some way to give user ability to browse them and located in one domain.

Web page - HTML document with text, graphics and other media included.

Search Engine Optimization - the number of action taken by webmasters to achieve better position in search engines lists. The higher place the more chances users will enter your website.

Link - the piece of HTML code which let you connect your web pages in a website. By clicking link you will visit other web page or file.

URL - the address of the file which you may get through Internet. Pretty much works as a link to files or HTML documents.

Domain - the name of the server in the Internet.

IP address - the unique name of any computer connected to Internet.

SPAM - unsolicited commercial emails. It trashes Internet traffic and mail servers.

HTML - the language used to describe position of text and graphic on your web page. It's not a programming language; it is more Hyper Text Markup Language. That's what acronym HTML stands for.

Photoshop - the most advanced program used to edit graphic for web pages. 95% of designers use it to build there websites.

WYSIWYG - the concept in programming allowing to see not actual coding but rather ready elements of project as it will be shown in program or web page.

Macromedia Dreamweaver - a program used to edit HTML code. It is WYSIWYG editor.

Microsoft FrontPage - another WYSIWYG editor from Microsoft.

Text based HTML editors - the editors that not give you the ability to preview and operate visible elements of you page, but it works with the code. This editors are better then WYSIWYG editors in terms of controlling the HTML tags appearing in the code. These editors are better for advanced HTML coders.