Web Basics: How Web Pages Work
The WWW is a collection of electronically linked documents (called pages) that are accessible from the Internet. The internet consists of a world wide network of computers connected to gether by telephone lines.
Understanding these common terms will help you as you create Web pages with GoLive software:
• Document and page both refer to a single file. You move through and between these pages using hypertext links—similar to clicking a topic in an online help system.
• A Web server is a computer that stores and delivers Web documents. The server accepts requests for documents from other computers and then delivers the documents.
• A browser (sometimes called a Web client) lets you look at documents sent by a server. Many browsers are available, including Safari and Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer.
• An Internet Service Provider (ISP) maintains the server where you send requests and makes space available for you to store your own Web pages. (If you work in a company or school, your organization probably provides the services you use to get to the Web server.)
Note: Your own computer can be a Web server if it has the proper software and a direct connection to the Internet, but running a Web server involves technical and administrative overhead. Most people and small companies avoid this option and have someone else provide them with Web access.
A Web site is typically a group of related pages on a Web server. You usually enter a Web site via a home page. A site can be as small and simple as a single page with no links or it can be an extensive interlinked site with hundreds of files.
• A home page is the Web page that automatically loads when readers access your site on the Web. The home page is usually named index.html. (Check with your ISP or webmaster for the name to use.) A home page can also refer to the Web page that automatically loads when you first start a browser.
• Your document is published when you upload a copy of your site to a Web server where the rest of the world (or, if you’re working on an intranet, the rest of the company or school) can access it. Most ISPs offer customers a few megabytes of space on their servers to store their Web pages. Uploading isn’t necessary if you’re able to save your Web pages directly to the Web server via a network connection (that is, if you’re able to access your Web server using Network Neighborhood in Microsoft Windows or the Chooser in Mac OSX). Mr. B recommends that you work with your files on your hard drive, and then save or upload them to the server.
Web Basics: Web Addresses
To go somewhere on the Web, you enter an Internet address called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in your browser. The URL is the pathname to the page or object you're looking for.
A URL is made up of several parts:
Protocol is the set of rules that describes how you want the information transferred. The system used by the Web to transfer data is called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Domain describes the host name of the server on the Internet (original top-level domains -.gov -.net - .edu - .com - .mil - .org - .int ). ·
Directory path is the location of the Web site within the server's file structure. ·
Page name is the filename of the page you're requesting. ·
Anchor (optional) is a particular location on the page
Web Basics: Web Page Design
Pages on the World Wide Web are described using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML is a text-only markup language that was designed to allow text to be tagged (or marked up) to designate the content—not the appearance—of the text. Hence, your options for designing a Web page differ greatly from those for the printed page. As you design Web pages, remember that you don’t have complete control over how the reader sets the page size, the width of the text column, the fonts, or the size of the text.
Golive lets you create pages without typing any of the HTML codes (also called tags) that format the page. With Golive, you format text not by typing HTML code but by clicking buttons in the toolbar. Similarly, you resize or reposition imported graphics not by working with HTML but by dragging them.
Web Basics: Different Browsers
Different Web browsers interpret HTML differently. Sometimes, different versions of the same browser display a Web page in slightly different ways. Golive in its Preview mode usually shows your page as most browsers will, but it cannot show it as all of them will. Because of this, you might want to preview your pages in several browsers to see if there are unexpected display differences.
The WWW is a collection of electronically linked documents (called pages) that are accessible from the Internet. The internet consists of a world wide network of computers connected to gether by telephone lines.
Understanding these common terms will help you as you create Web pages with GoLive software:
• Document and page both refer to a single file. You move through and between these pages using hypertext links—similar to clicking a topic in an online help system.
• A Web server is a computer that stores and delivers Web documents. The server accepts requests for documents from other computers and then delivers the documents.
• A browser (sometimes called a Web client) lets you look at documents sent by a server. Many browsers are available, including Safari and Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer.
• An Internet Service Provider (ISP) maintains the server where you send requests and makes space available for you to store your own Web pages. (If you work in a company or school, your organization probably provides the services you use to get to the Web server.)
Note: Your own computer can be a Web server if it has the proper software and a direct connection to the Internet, but running a Web server involves technical and administrative overhead. Most people and small companies avoid this option and have someone else provide them with Web access.
A Web site is typically a group of related pages on a Web server. You usually enter a Web site via a home page. A site can be as small and simple as a single page with no links or it can be an extensive interlinked site with hundreds of files.
• A home page is the Web page that automatically loads when readers access your site on the Web. The home page is usually named index.html. (Check with your ISP or webmaster for the name to use.) A home page can also refer to the Web page that automatically loads when you first start a browser.
• Your document is published when you upload a copy of your site to a Web server where the rest of the world (or, if you’re working on an intranet, the rest of the company or school) can access it. Most ISPs offer customers a few megabytes of space on their servers to store their Web pages. Uploading isn’t necessary if you’re able to save your Web pages directly to the Web server via a network connection (that is, if you’re able to access your Web server using Network Neighborhood in Microsoft Windows or the Chooser in Mac OSX). Mr. B recommends that you work with your files on your hard drive, and then save or upload them to the server.
Web Basics: Web Addresses
To go somewhere on the Web, you enter an Internet address called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in your browser. The URL is the pathname to the page or object you're looking for.
A URL is made up of several parts:
Protocol is the set of rules that describes how you want the information transferred. The system used by the Web to transfer data is called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Domain describes the host name of the server on the Internet (original top-level domains -.gov -.net - .edu - .com - .mil - .org - .int ). ·
Directory path is the location of the Web site within the server's file structure. ·
Page name is the filename of the page you're requesting. ·
Anchor (optional) is a particular location on the page
Web Basics: Web Page Design
Pages on the World Wide Web are described using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML is a text-only markup language that was designed to allow text to be tagged (or marked up) to designate the content—not the appearance—of the text. Hence, your options for designing a Web page differ greatly from those for the printed page. As you design Web pages, remember that you don’t have complete control over how the reader sets the page size, the width of the text column, the fonts, or the size of the text.
Golive lets you create pages without typing any of the HTML codes (also called tags) that format the page. With Golive, you format text not by typing HTML code but by clicking buttons in the toolbar. Similarly, you resize or reposition imported graphics not by working with HTML but by dragging them.
Web Basics: Different Browsers
Different Web browsers interpret HTML differently. Sometimes, different versions of the same browser display a Web page in slightly different ways. Golive in its Preview mode usually shows your page as most browsers will, but it cannot show it as all of them will. Because of this, you might want to preview your pages in several browsers to see if there are unexpected display differences.
