Difference between revisions of "Web page"
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==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 text stored within the [[web server]]'s file system. |
| − | A dynamic webpage is constructed by the [[web server]] each time the page is requested by a [[web browser]]. (In practice, however, frequently-requested pages are stored in the server's [[cache]] rather than being reconstructed at each request.) The web server constructs the HTML for each webpage by using a standard format and layout of selected elements, and then fetching the appropriate contect for each element from the website's [[data base]]. | + | A [[dynamic webpage]] is constructed by the [[web server]] each time the page is requested by a [[web browser]]. (In practice, however, frequently-requested pages are stored in the server's [[cache]] rather than being reconstructed at each request.) The web server constructs the HTML for each webpage by using a standard format and layout of selected elements, and then fetching the appropriate contect for each element from the website's [[data base]]. |
Client-side scripting can make webpages more responsive to user input once in the client browser. | Client-side scripting can make webpages more responsive to user input once in the client browser. | ||
