What is a website?

Saturday, 13 February 2010 06:24

What is a website?

9 September 2010 - 9/09/2010

A web site is a collection of information about a particular topic or subject. A web page consists of information for which the web site is developed. A website might be compared to a book, where each page of the book is a web page.

There are many aspects in this process, and due to the rapid development of the Internet, new aspects may emerge. For non-commercial websites, the goals may vary depending on the desired exposure and response. For typical commercial websites, the basic aspects of design are:

• The content: the information on the site should be relevant to the site and should target the area of the public that the website is concerned with.
• The usability: the site should be user-friendly, with the interface and navigation simple and reliable.
• The appearance: the graphics and text should include a single professional, appealing and relevant style that flows throughout, to show consistency.
• The visibility: the site must also be easy to find via most major search engines.

A website typically consists of text and images. The first page of a web site is known as the Home page or Index. Each web page within a website is an HTML file which has its own URL. After each web page is created, they are typically linked together using a navigation menu composed of hyperlinks.

Once a website is completed, it must be uploaded in order to be viewable to the public over the internet. This may be done using an FTP client. Once published, the web master may use a variety of techniques to increase the traffic, or hits, that the website receives. This may include submitting the website to a search engine such as Google, Yahoo or MSN , exchanging links with other web sites, creating affiliations with similar websites, etc.

9 September 2010 - 9/09/2010

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