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63 Web Design Terms Every Marketer Should Know

Posted: January 27, 2017
DesignIt seems as if everyone in the tech world knows some type of different language, whether it be HTML code, app building, or even website design. As a new marketer, you may not think that you need to worry about that, but chances are you'll eventually be asked to help with something in the design world. These are the essential terms that every marketer needs to know, so you're prepared if you're pulled into the web design world.
Amanda Zantal-Wiener, writer for Hubspot, shares terms every marketer should know for website design.

63 Web Design Terms Every Marketer Should Know

When you're new to marketing, especially on a small team, you might have to do a lot of things at a moment's notice. And when it comes to things like blogging and social media, sure, you've got this. But soon enough, you're being pulled onto design projects. One day you're mocking up an infographic; the next, you're designing an ebook. You feel woefully unprepared -- and that design vocabulary? It can feel like a foreign language. Sound familiar?    We've been there -- and we know we're not the only marketers who have, at some point, needed to become fluent in this vocabulary. So we decided to share a larger glossary, to help us all step up our game a bit. By no means is this the be-all-end-all of design terminology, so feel free to add your definitions in the comments as well. Here's what we have, organized alphabetically. The Ultimate Web Design Terms Glossary

1) Alignment

The positioning of the elements in your design (e.g. text, images, etc.). These elements can be aligned to both the page and to each other. For example, this paragraph of text is aligned to the left margin, whereas the lines depicted in the image below are aligned to the right. Read the entire article 63 Web Design Terms Every Marketer Should Know on Hubspot.