What is a Website

A website is a whole project on the World Wide Web, usually consisting of several web pages or documents (files) and other resources. In addition, one web site is commonly linked together by a single navigation (hypertext procedures). The German name is from the English term website. The site is an HTML file; the website is a resource that is under a URL that can be accessed.

Homepage was originally the front page (Home), of a Web site. In the early days of the Internet, its own web servers were expensive, and most users did not have my own domain, but were contacted at just one site that was located deep in the domain (in the beginning they were mainly the domain of universities or large companies) – for this reason the expressions Site (own place on the Internet) and webpage (an HTML page on the Internet) beginning synonymous.

It was regarded as a more upscale form to be able to create bases – the original page becomes the start page, the front or home page.

History

The first website went online, so to speak, on 13th November in the year 1990 by the CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee. On 30th April 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web will be freely accessible to everyone.

Elements

A Web site consists of at least one HTML file, which is located in a directory in the path of a domain. In general, it is now made up of many HTML files that can be accommodated in a nested folder structure.

It is also important to note that an HTML file itself, usually is from a file with the extension ‘Htm’ and consists of the same folder in which the non-compliant HTML elements (images, media, etc.) are accommodated.

In addition, files are owned by the CSS class of typings, and various script files (JavaScript for a site provided they are not provided by the provider for the entire web space).

Home page describes the HTML file of a Web presence, which is created as a central focal point and usually (navigation options provide references) for the site. In most cases, the website is the homepage of a website.

Technical Implementation

Web sites are written primarily in platform-independent markup language HTML or XHTML, to ensure that they can be displayed by as many browsers as possible. The design is frequently using CSS, because it allows the easy creation of content that has been structured with HTML or XHTML.

For more complex sites, the program usually takes place using server-side scripting (PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, VBScript) or programming languages (Java), which among other things, uses database systems (MySQL, allowing PostgreSQL, Oracle).

Often, client-side scripting languages such as JavaScript are used that are more typically used for user interaction than for entire site creation. Server-side scripts or programs produce as output, preferably HTML text, which is then rendered by the browser of the user.

The website will be stored on a Web server, which is often operated in a data center from a so-called web host and leased to the owner of the site. Wider than that of the website, the term Internet presence is alongside Web applications and services (daemons) such as FTP or e-mail. The development of websites is known as web design or Webauthoring.

Purposes

Private self-expression, with personal information such as (name, address, birthday, interests, photos, an online diary and guestbook, where visitors can leave their comments on the design and content is one purpose.

Specifying excessively personal data is not advisable, however, as it increasingly appears that data thieves exploit such information for criminal objectives. Semi-private representations is another purpose in so-called web blogs, most of which are private in nature and are an open online diary.

In the same way, visitors can contribute to the content of the page and in forums that deal with some very specific subject areas and where everyone’s questions can provide answers and opinions in the public space of the Internet. In both forms the emphasis is on courteous treatment. Multiple times, or too contrary to the rules of decorum, an exclusion from the forum is possible.

Purely informative descriptions of businesses or an organization or company itself and the related activity, an individual’s qualifications and previous activities (application site), with particular emphasis on the various contact details (phone, fax, e – mail etc.) is stated.

Business websites of companies whose principal activity is the network, such as insurance companies such as online auction houses, mail order or online.

Thematic websites are designed to gather information about a specific content, such as legal texts, cultural, or encyclopaedias. News sites are offered on the latest news, either generally or only for a certain sector of society. Often, these pages offer RSS feeds.