Difference between revisions of "Web page"
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| − | A webpage is a document in a format suitable for access through a [[web browser]]. Such documents are usually written in [[ | + | __NOTOC__ |
| + | A web page or "webpage" is a document in a format suitable for access through a [[web browser]]. Such documents are usually written in [[HTML]] format, and may provide navigation to other webpages via [[hypertext]] links. | ||
==Retrieval of web pages== | ==Retrieval of web pages== | ||
Webpages are typically retrieved from a remote [[web server]] located on the public [[web|World Wide Web]]. They may also be retrieved from the user's local computer, or from a [[web server]] located on a private [[local area network]]. | Webpages are typically retrieved from a remote [[web server]] located on the public [[web|World Wide Web]]. They may also be retrieved from the user's local computer, or from a [[web server]] located on a private [[local area network]]. | ||
| − | The [[web browser]] requests and receives a given webpage from the web server using the [[HyperText Transfer Protocol]] (HTTP). Each web page is identified by a unique [[Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL). | + | The [[web browser]] requests and receives a given webpage from the web server using the [[HyperText Transfer Protocol]] (HTTP). Each web page is identified by a unique [[Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL) which enables the web browser to find it on the web server. |
==Static webpages and dynamic webpages== | ==Static webpages and dynamic webpages== | ||
| − | A static webpage is a file of static text stored within the [[web server]]'s file system. | + | A [[static webpage]] is a file of static [[HTML]] text stored within the [[web server]]'s file system. |
| − | A dynamic webpage is | + | A [[dynamic webpage]] is one that changes or is customized automatically, through the action of a [[scripting language]]. The script may act either client-side or server-side: |
| + | *Client-side scripting is embedded within the web page, and acts on the user's [[User Interface|computer interface]] when the webpage is read by the client's [[web browser]] | ||
| + | *Server-side scripting acts on the [[web server]] to modify or reconstruct the webpage automatically each time the page is requested, and the modified or reconstructed page is then sent to the user's [[web browser]] | ||
| − | + | The web server may for example use server-side scripting to construct the HTML text of each webpage by applying a standard format to changing content. The format defines the layout of page elements, and the script then fetches the appropriate contect for each element from the website's [[database]]. (In practice, however, frequently-requested pages are stored in the server's [[cache]] rather than being reconstructed at each request.) | |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Website]] | ||
| + | *[[Static web page]] | ||
| + | *[[Dynamic web page]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
