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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.
 
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.
  
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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:
 
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 [[web browser]]
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*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]]
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*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.)
 
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==
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*[[Website]]
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*[[Static web page]]
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*[[Dynamic web page]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Latest revision as of 16:26, 20 May 2010