The World Wide Web (WWW) is made up of a network of web sites such as www.scientific-computing.info . A web site consists of a set of inter-linked web pages. The pages often also link directly to other pages on other sites on the internet.
The front page or index page is often also called the home page. This is the page where the navigation through the site will usually start. Ideally the site address will be made up of a domain name that reflects the content of the site and that can be easily remembered.
The author of a web site is often called a Webmaster. Unlike a printed document, a web site can be continually updated. The purpose of the webmaster is to construct the site, maintain it and to publicise or promote it.
Web Site Development
The initial method for writing webpages was the hypertext mark-up language
(HTML). This simply involves writing the
page in plain text and adding tags for formatting the code and adding images. If you are serious about
writing web pages then it is as well to obtain some understanding of HTML.
Books giving further information
on the HTML language are listed on
Amazon.com and
Amazon.co.uk.
A number of other web authoring tools have also arisen. These include
Dreamweaver
Amazon.com and
Amazon.co.uk,
Flash
Amazon.com and
Amazon.co.uk,
Javascript
Amazon.com and
Amazon.co.uk,
Coldfusion
Amazon.com and
Amazon.co.uk,
Perl
Amazon.com and
Amazon.co.uk,
Web Site Hosting
Having written a web site, initially it will reside on the author's computer.
For it to be accessible on the web it needs to be placed on a server that
is on the core of the Internet . The
web site needs to be hosted with an
internet service provider (ISP).
Web Site Promotion
If a web site forms an important front to a business or organisation then it is important that it has a
good domain name and you will need to submit it to search engines and indices
so that web surfers can find the site. Details
Once it is placed on the World Wide Web .