Vocabulary Basics for Business [Electronic resources]

Barbara G. Cox

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Web Site Extras

Web sites are increasingly sophisticated and complicated and can have many features and functions.

MEMORANDUM
TO: Jim Prain, Web Site Assistant
FROM: Joan Kelly
Please make the following additions to our Joosey Juice
Web site.
1. A CGI form specifically for buyers of Joosey Juice
to report their product satisfaction to us. Make
the form an easy-to-use survey with no more than
four questions.
2. A guest book so that our Web site visitors can
enter their comments about the site.
3. A Web cam transmission from the factory so that
Web visitors can see live shots of Joosey Juice
being made and bottled.
4. An e-mail link on every page so that users can
click and have our e-mail address entered automatically
in an e-mail message from them to us.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

Circle T or F to indicate whether each of the following sentences is true or false. Use the context clues in the preceding memo to help you decide.

1. A CGI form is something users can complete on the Internet and then submit to the site owner.

A1:

True. A CGI form is a form. CGI forms can be various types of formssurveys, quizzes, polls, order forms, and so on.

2. A guest book on a Web site is very similar to a guest book at an open house or other event.

A2:

True. A guest book is a guest book.

3. A Web cam is an automated function that makes a Web site operate properly.

A3:

False. A Web cam is a camera connected to a Web page.

4. E-mail links make communicating with the owners or managers of a Web site more convenient for users.

A4:

True. Many businesses put e-mail links on each page of their site so that visitors can contact them easily.

TERMS RELATED TO WEB SITE EXTRAS

CGI form a form on a Web page that Internet users can fill in and that is then sent to the owner of the Web site or some other designated recipient. When you complete a guest book or a survey on the Internet, you are often filling in a CGI form. CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface.

guest book a particular type of CGI form that users complete to say they've visited a site and leave comments

e-mail link a link on a Web page that opens a user's message composition window with the recipient's address already entered.

Web cam a camera that is linked to a Web site in such a way that the site's visitors can see what the camera is viewing. Some Web cams are "live," that is, continuously refreshing; others refresh every few seconds.