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E-cards

An E-card is a postcard, sent by means of the Internet, usually through e-mail.

A users sending an e-card to a person would select a pre-written card style with image and message, and would add their own personal message, and specify the recipient's e-mail address. On sending the card, the recipient would receive an e-mail with a link to the e-card provider's webpage, and this link would go to the e-card as a webpage, with the sender's personal message and card. Note that the actual card is not usually sent through the e-mail, but only a link to the card hosted as a website.

There are five common types of visual E-Cards. "Flash Animated" which use Macromedia's "Flash" software, "Postcards" which use static (non-moving) images, "Animated" cards which are similar to Postcards yet may have some minor repetative movement, _JavaScript cards which typically combine Postcard images with some kind of _JavaScript-based animation, and most recently Talking greeting cards.

Flash Animated cards are typically the most advanced and popular cards. Flash Animated cards are typically used to create a full animated effect, similar to an animated cartoon. They can also be interactive, asking the viewer to perform an action or press a button.

Postcards are the oldest form of E-Cards and are still popular. They typically show more artistic or nature images such as animals, mountains, sunsets, people, or other scenic scenes.

Flowers as symbols

Many flowers have important symbolic meanings in Western culture. The practice of assigning meanings to flowers is known as floriography. Some of the more common examples include:

• AZALEA: Love, romance, first love, fragile passion, temperance. It is also the Chinese symbol of womanhood.
• CALLA LILY: Magnificent beauty. Associated with the sixth wedding anniversary.
• CARNATION: Fascination, distinction, divine love, woman, yes. Also the birthflower for January.
• CARNATION, STRIPED: Refusal, No, sorry I can't be with you.
• CARNATION, WHITE: Innocence, faithfulness, sweet and lovely, pure love, ardent love, good luck. These lovely flowers have lasting qualities, and are often handed out on Mother's Day to symbolize the purity and strength of motherhood. They were handed out at the first Mother's Day service in 1908.
• CARNATION, YELLOW: Disdain, rejection, you have disappointed me.
• CHRYSANTHEMUM: Cheerfulness, optimism, rest, truth. Considered to be a noble flower in Asian culture, mums are used as an object of meditation per a suggestion by Confucius. Also the birthflower for November.
• Daisies are a symbol of innocence.
• DAFFODIL: Regard, rebirth, new beginnings, unrequited love, you're the only one, chivalry. Associated with the tenth wedding anniversary. Also the birthflower for March.
• DANDELION: Faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle.
• GARDENIA: You're lovely, secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck.
• IRISES/LILIES: Are used in burials as a symbol referring to "resurrection/life". It is also assosiated with stars (sun) and its petals blooming/shining.
• ORCHID: Rare beauty, love, refinement, beautiful lady, Chinese symbol for many children, mature charm, beauty, long life. Associated with twenty-eighth wedding anniversary.
• POPPY: Symbol of consolation in time of death. In the UK, Australia and Canada, red poppies are worn to commemorate soldiers who have died in times of war.
• ROSE: Love, passion, perfection. The rose was named for the Latin word rosa which means red. Red roses are given as a symbol of love, beauty, and passion. It has been a symbol of love since ancient times. Associated with the fifthteenth wedding anniversary. It is also known as the birthflower of June.
• SWEET PEA: Lasting pleasure, good-bye, departure, blissful pleasure, thank you for a lovely time, I think of you. Supposedly this delicate flower was named by the poet John Keats. Associated with the thirtieth wedding anniversary. Also known as the birthflower of April.