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 [[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 [[web browser]] | ||
| + | *Server-side scripting acts on the [[web server]] to modify or reconstruct the [[webpage]] automatically each time the page is requested by a [[web browser]] | ||
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| + | to change the supplied page source between pages, adjusting the sequence or reload of the web pages or web content supplied to the browser. | ||
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| + | Server-side script | ||
| + | (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]]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
