Monday 2 May 2011

What is WEBSITE and HTML ?

What is WEBSITE?
This definition is also listed under presence, site and Website.
WWW = World Wide Web
A web site is a file that includes a beginning file called home page.


A company or an individual tells/show you how to get to their web site by giving you the address of their in home page. From the home page, you can get to all the other pages on their site. Like services, work, contact etc. The home page address actually includes a specific file name like index.html. But a Web site can also be just a few pages. [ Website link address: http://yoursitename.com ].
What is HTML?
HTML is a language to allow creates a website. These websites can then be viewed by anyone to connect the Internet. It is relatively easy to learn, and quite powerful in what it allows you to create.

The definition of HTML is "HyperText Markup Language".

1. HyperText is the method by which you move around on the web by clicking on special text called hyperlinks which bring you to the next page.
2. Markup is what HTML tags.
3. HTML is a Language, as it has code-words and syntax like any other language.

How does it work?
HTML consists of a series of short codes typed into a text-file. The text is saved as an html file, and viewed through a browser, like Internet Explorer, GoogleChrome or Firefox etc. This browser reads the text into visible form writing your own HTML tags correctly to create your vision. You can use anything from a text-editor to a powerful graphical editor to create HTML pages.

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