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Web Site Design- Your Internet Identity
 


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Basic Web Concepts
 

What is the web?
 

In a nutshell, the web is a whole bunch on interconnected computers talking to each other. The computers (on the web) are typically connected by phone lines, digital satellite signals, cable and other types of data-transfer mechanisms. A 'data-transfer mechanism' is a nerd's way of saying: a way to move information from point A to point B to point C and so on.

The computers that make up the web can be connected all the time (24/7), and they can be connected only periodically. The computers that are connected all the time are typically what is called a server. Servers are computers just like the one you're using now to read this article, with one major difference, they have a special software installed called 'server' software.

What is the function of server software / programs?


Server software is created to 'serve' web pages and web sites. Basically the server computer has a bunch of web sites loaded on it and it just waits for people (web browsers) to request or ask for a particular page. When the browser requests a page the server sends it out.

How does the web surfer find a web site?

The short answer is: by typing in the URL, or in other words, the web site address. So for example, if you wanted to find the web site www.killersites.com, you would type in the address into your web browsers address bar or maybe use your 'favorites' link to Killersites.

There are other ways to find web sites (like search engines,) but behind the scenes web sites are all being found by going to the web sites official address. That brings us our last nerd detail: how does a website get an official address so that the rest of the Web can find it?
Registering your domain name.

What are HTML tags?

HTML tags are specifically formatted text that creates 'markers' for web browser to read and interpret. These 'markers' tell the web browser what and how to display things on the web page. Tags are placed in and around text and images (text and images are some of the 'things') that your want to have appear in your web pages.

HTML has a whole bunch of tags (just like the alphabet has a whole bunch of letters) that the web designer can use to build web pages. As mentioned above, tags have a specific structure so that when the browser is reading an HTML page, it knows the tags from the normal text.