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The Barracks 2.0
Posted: March 12, 2013
The New Pixel Army Command Centre After 5 extraordinary years in our current headquarters, Pixel Army has decided to redeploy our command centre. As of May our team will be moving to the spacious confines of Edmonton’s Icon tower on 104 Street, just north of Jasper...
It’s Time For Army Golf
Posted: May 30, 2012
It’s Time For Army Golf Whether you golf "left, right, left, right, left" or you’re attacking the pins, it’s always nice to get out with your friends for a round of golf! So, we’re creating golf ball markers (the steel hat clip kind with magnetic marker). Aside...
2012: Mass Mail to Animation
Posted: April 26, 2012
2012: Mass Mail to Animation Pixel Army Unveils New Mass Mail Integration We hope your 2012 has been great so far. At Pixel Army, we are always looking for new ways to improve our service and our products. Two years ago we introduced our newsletter system which...
Introducing Sioppa.com!
Posted: November 10, 2011
Launched Just In Time For The Christmas Selling Season! ...
Mission 1K
Posted: June 20, 2011
Mission 1K We’ve been working hard over the past 6 months compiling all of our favorite website features in a team effort to revamp our website. What we’ve accomplished, we’re extremely proud of, and we’d love to hear some feedback. At the same time, we’re very...
Spring 2011
Posted: June 15, 2011
Spring 2011 Seemed like it was never going to get here. Over the past few months, Pixel Army has been very fortunate to have worked with such great clients and marketing companies. Together we have built some great...
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Geek Speak
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Royalty-Free Photos or Images
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Photos, graphic images, or other intellectual property that are sold for a single standard fee and may be used repeatedly by the purchaser. Typically with royalty-free clauses, the company that sells you the images still owns all of the rights to the images, and they are allowed for use only by the purchaser (i.e., the same images cannot be used by another company or individual without repurchase).
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Google Analytics
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A program which assists in gathering and analyzing data about website usage. Google analytics is a feature rich, popular, free analytics program.
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Hosting
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A service that stores your information (or website) on a server, allowing it to be accessed by users on the Internet.
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DNS
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Stands for Domain Name System. The DNS translates URL text addresses (such as pixelarmy.ca) into a numeric Internet address (such as 209.163.249.14).
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Database
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A collection of information stored in one central location. Many times, this is the source from which information is pulled to display products or information dynamically on a website.
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Browser
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The software used to view, manage, and access web pages by interpreting hypertext and hyperlinks. Web pages often appear differently depending on the brand and version of the browser intended to view them in. All Pixel Army sites are tested thoroughly in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera.
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RSS
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Short for Really Simple Syndication. This allows you to subscribe to content on blogs and other social media and have it delivered to you through a feed.
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Keyword
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In web terms: A word used by a search engine to search for relevant web information.
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CMS
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CMS is short for Content Management System. This is an secured online area that administrators can login to and manage their websites. Functionality of a CMS can range from adding and editing pages, to sending newsletters, viewing website statistics and tracking online orders.
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Web 2.0
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A term coined by web designers to describe blogs, wikis, social networking sites and other Internet-based services that emphasize collaboration and sharing, rather than less interactive publishing (Web 1.0). It is associated with the idea of the Internet as platform.
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WYSIWYG
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Abbreviation for What You See Is What You Get. Commonly used to describe software that does not have any hidden attributes.
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FTP
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Stands for File Transfer Protocol. FTP allows you to copy or send files (HTML-documents, graphic images, spreadsheets) from one computer to another via the Internet.
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Cookie
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Information from a web server, stored on your computer by your web browser. The purpose of a cookie is to provide information about your visit to the website for use by the server during a later visit.
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IP Address
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A unique number identifying every computer on the Internet (like 209.163.249.14)
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Encryption
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To convert data from its original form to a form that can only be read by someone that can reverse the encryption. The purpose of encryption is to prevent unauthorized reading of the data.
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PHP
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Abbreviation for Hypertext Pre-Processor, a server language used to produce dynamic content on web pages.
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Payment Gateway
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Allows the secure transfer of credit card funds from users on your website to your merchant account.
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SSL
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Software to secure and protect web site communication using encrypted transmission of data.
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Domain Name
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The name that identifies a web site. (like: pixelarmy.ca)
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Blog
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A website which presents content in a more or less chronological series. Content may or may not be time sensitive. Pixel Army blogs use a custom Content Management System rather than individually built web pages. Because of this, the Blogger can chose to concentrate on content creation instead of arcane code.
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Bandwidth
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A measure for the speed (amount of data) you can send through an Internet connection. The more bandwidth, the faster the connection.
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Google AdWords
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Google Pay Per Click contextual advertisement program, very common way of basic website advertisement.
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SEO
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Short for search engine optimization, the process of increasing the number of visitors to a Web site by achieving high rank in the search results of a search engine. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that users will visit the site. It is common practice for Internet users to not click past the first few pages of search results, therefore high rank in SERPs is essential for obtaining traffic for a site.