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Web Pages |
- Are text files that can be editied with a word processor
- Can be captured to your hard disk or diskette
- Include .htm, .html, or .shtml extension on file name
- Contain Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags
- Start of tag = <
- End of tag = >
- Example: Line break tag = <br>
- Can be viewed as HTML code using "View - Source" in the browser windows
- Can embed other files within page
- Example: This page contains three image files at the top of the page... the logo (setting.gif), the left puzzle piece (leftpuzzle.gif), and the right puzzle piece (rightpuzzle.gif).
- Can make external links
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Servers |
- Store files for web serving
- Can distribute files across the internet on request
- Usually provide optional file security mechanisms (try sample "protected" file)
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Web Browsers |
- Can read files from floppy, hard disk, network, etc.
- You can work on pages from a hard disk or floppy before publishing a file to a web server
- Can display source of HTML files
- Have buttons to refresh display of files by reloading
- Cache files for later use so they don't have to be reloaded
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![[LOGO] Setting Up A Course Website](setting.gif)
