2. INDEX
âą World Wide Web 03
âą Hypertext & Hyperlink 04
âą Website 06
âą Web Page 07
âą Types of Website 09
â« According to Style 10
â« According to Function 11
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3. WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)
âą The World Wide Web is a powerful tool for communicating ideas, facts and
opinions throughout the world.
âą The World Wide Web (WWW) is an open source information space where
documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by
hypertext links, and can be accessed via the internet.
âą It is simply known as the Web. The World Wide Web was central to the
development of the Information Age and is the primary tool for billion of
people to interact over the internet.
âą The World Wide Web provides a single interface for accessing the protocols.
â« E-mail (Simple Mail Transport Protocol or SMPT)
â« FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
â« Usenet (Network News Transfer Protocol or NNTP)
â« HTTP (HyperText transfer Protocol)
â« VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
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4. Hypertext & Hyperlink
âą HyperText is a document containing words that
connect to other documents.
âą Rather than remaining static like traditional
text, hypertext makes possible a dynamic
organization of information through links and
connections (called hyperlinks).
âą Hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader
can directly follow by clicking or by hovering.
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6. WEBSITE
âą A website is a set of related web pages typically served
from a single web domain.
âą A website is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or
other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web
servers, usually accessible via the internet.
âą The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a
common root URL called the homepage and usually
reside on the same physical server.
âą The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy,
although the hyperlinks between them control how the
reader perceives the overall structure and how the traffic
flows between the different parts of the site.
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7. Web Page
âą A web page is a resource of information that is suitable for the
World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser.
âą This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format and may
provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext links.
âą Wed Pages may be retrieved from a local computer or from a remote
web server. The web server may restrict access only to a private
network, e.g. a corporate intranet or it may publish pages on the
World Wide Web.
âą Web pages are requested and served from web servers using
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
âą Web pages may consist of files of static text stored within the web
serverâs file system (static web pages) or the web server may
construct the (X)HTML for each web pages when it is requested by a
browser (dynamic web pages).
âą Client-side scripting can make web pages more responsive to user
input once in the client browser.
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9. Types of Web Sites
Website
Classification
Style
Static
Website
Dynamic
Website
Function
Personal
Website
Commercial
Website
Government
Website
Non-Profit
Organization
Website
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10. Classification according to Style
âą Static Website
â« It is one that has web pages stored on the server in the same form as the user will
view them.
â« It is primarily coded in HTML and it simply presents pre-defined information to
the user.
â« It may include information about a company and its products and services via
text, photos, Flash animation, audio/video.
â« This type of website usually displays the same information to all visitors, thus the
information is static.
âą Dynamic Website
â« It is one that does not have web pages stored on the server in the same form as the
user will view them. Instead, the web page content changes automatically and/or
frequently based on certain criteria.
â« It generally collates information on the hope each time a page is requested.
â« A website can be dynamic in one of two ways.
ï The first is that the web page code is constructed dynamically, piece by piece.
ï The second is that the web page content displayed varies based on certain criteria.
â« This type of website usually displays information depending on the visitor, thus
the information is dynamic.
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11. Classification according to Function
âą Personal Website
â« This type of website is meant for personal purpose that might
include some family photos & personal diaries. This is useful for
family members to stay in touch with each other.
âą Commercial Website
â« Commercial websites are meant for commercial purpose. It is
meant for business purpose where company can show off itâs
product for the prospective consumers & create a market for
same.
âą Government Website
â« Government websites are meant for digital interactions between a
citizen and their government.
âą Non-Profit Organization Website
â« Non-Profit Organization Websites are created for the interaction
of the members with the non-profit organization.
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