Difference between revisions of "Web page"
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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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==Static webpages and dynamic webpages== | ==Static webpages and dynamic webpages== | ||
| − | A [[static webpage]] is a file of static [[HTML]]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 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]] | + | *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 | + | *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.) | ||
| − | + | ==See also== | |
| − | + | *[[Website]] | |
| − | + | *[[Static web page]] | |
| − | + | *[[Dynamic web page]] | |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
