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24 LESSON 2: Getting Your Tools in Order

Anatomy of a Website

First, here’s a look at some simple terminology I use throughout this book. You need to

know what the following terms mean and how they apply to the body of work you’re

developing for the Web:

n Website—A collection of one or more web pages linked together in a meaningful

way that, as a whole, describes a body of information or creates an overall effect

(see Figure 2.1).

Pages within the website

The website

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n Web server— A computer on the Internet or an intranet that delivers web pages

and other files in response to browser requests. (An intranet is a network that uses

Internet protocols but is not publicly accessible.)

n Web page—A single document on a website, usually consisting of a Hypertext

Markup Language (HTML) document and any items that are displayed within that

document, such as inline images or style sheets.

n Home page— The entry page for a website, which can link to additional pages on

the same website or pages on other sites.

Each website is hosted on a web server. Throughout the first few lessons in this book,

you’ll learn how to develop well thought-out and well-designed websites. Later, you’ll

learn how to publish your site on an actual web server.

A web page is an individual element of a website in the same way that a page is a single

element of a book or a newspaper (although, unlike paper pages, web pages can be of any

FIGURE 2.1

Websites and

pages.