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=='''How does a webpage work?'''== | =='''How does a webpage work?'''== | ||
| − | The web page information is displayed online with the help of a web browser, which connects to the server where the website's files are hosted through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). For example, if you look at the URL of the web page you are currently on, you could notice the prefix | + | The web page information is displayed online with the help of a web browser, which connects to the server where the website's files are hosted through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). For example, if you look at the URL of the web page you are currently on, you could notice the prefix http://. This tells the browser what protocol to use to execute this particular URL request. |
Each web page is usually presented in HTML or XHTML format, which makes the information easily structured and then read by the client's web browser. With the help of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), designers can control and modify the web page's look (i.e. layout, color scheme, navigation, etc.) CSS instructions can be either set within the HTML web page (valid for a definite page) or can be included in a separate external file (valid for the whole site). | Each web page is usually presented in HTML or XHTML format, which makes the information easily structured and then read by the client's web browser. With the help of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), designers can control and modify the web page's look (i.e. layout, color scheme, navigation, etc.) CSS instructions can be either set within the HTML web page (valid for a definite page) or can be included in a separate external file (valid for the whole site). | ||
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