What is website

Web site (or website) is reflected in the identity of any institution and published online systems in a national and international network environment in order to implement promotional activities.  Web site owns at least one URL by having a special format, which includes the text (text), graphics (graphic), references (hyperlink) and animation (animation). The website is only a service that works over the Internet. Each site is a folder made by coordination of files with each-others and placed at least in one server. The opportunity has been made to sites to look through the Internet, and thus the flow of information becomes much more simplified.

As dynamism and interactivity increasing sites began to focus on core functions such as the online stores, virtual offices, media center. A contemporary number of sites probably equals to types of business. Today not only companies as well as everyone trying to get their own site (blog). Sites have turned to new and non-replaceable technology in information exchange since the site does not need any rest, unlike a company or person. It is possible to visit sites via internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week limitless. At the same time, while performing many functions such as stores, office, seller, secretary and other many posts. Moreover, it has the ability to work without mistakes for years once it has been prepared properly. Despite all these advantages, its preparation and operation requires less financial support and it makes sites accessible to everyone. In addition, the web site is the most efficient and easiest advertising type. The sites provide the transition of your company or business to all over the world. The web site is an indicator of your business including professionalism.

TYPES OF WEBSITES

There are two kinds of web-pages: Static və Dynamic

*Static web-page consist of "clean" HTML tags. 

*dynamic web pages active codes are used: RNR, ASR, SSI... and etc.

 If the indicated date has been changed each time in the static page by the master before page to be sent to the browser, the date automatically is changing in web server, dynamic web-page. All the pages of the website should have the structure and the system.

Main elements including Web page:

*headline of the page (banner);

*Navigation elements (menu) – used switch from one page to another one;

*Graphic imagination;

*Text blocks.

It is gathering of the same-theme pages and able to apply on the internet through HTTP/HTTPS protocols. A general collection of web sites creates World Wide Web ----www.

Pages of web sites are connected to common domain addresses and own the same logical structure. The concept of the Web site is closely linked hosting with the notion of server, provider, domain, network, and so on. It can be placed in a number of domains and websites in one server (computer) within the development of Internet technology. 

World Wide Web – WWW is a service providing displaying pages that start with WWW and refers to collection of public web-site connected to the internet world-side.

The first website was invented by Tim Berners-Lee on August 6, 1991, in the world. In that site, he gave general information on the new technology of the World Wide Web (WWW) as well as talked on the URL address system and HTML language. In the related site, it was also informed set up and operation of web servers and web browsers. The mentioned site is the first Internet-catalogue so, that, Tim Burners-Lee has displayed the list of transitions to other sites here.

Tim Berners-Lee has believed in the availability of conducting information exchange rapidly and effectively on networks through using hypertexts.  For the realization of this idea software, Enquire project created in 1980 by him and finally www standard was approved at CERN in 1991.  Tim Berners-Lee is known as the father of web-technology – HTTP, URI/URL, and HTML.

Programming languages for Web pages

*HTML (hypertext Markup Language) is the standard mark-up language and possessing basic commands such as text formatting, compose the image, giving of font size and colors, compiling of reference and schedules. Many web pages are written in HTML and its extended versions.            

*PERL language was developed in the 1980s. It was created by means of effective processing of large text files, generating text reports, and management issues.  It has broad ways to work with lines, massives, data conversion tools, and information systems.

*PHP- is a scripting language designed for the development of dynamic web-pages. Rasmus Lerdorf wrote Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program in 1994 later by improving them he created the PHP programming language in 1995.  Mostly PHP, Linux operation System, PHP, MySQL database and Apache web server shortly written as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).

What is website