Every user of the World Wide Web is familiar with the term "website". This is an Internet resource that has its own address, name, owner and consists of a large (or not so) number of web pages. It is they that contain all the information that the creator or owner of the site wants to share with other user-visitors. These can be texts, pictures, audio and video files, as well as links to other data, etc. Experts from different fields - designers, copywriters, layout designers, programmers - take part in the development of the entire site and each of its individual pages. As a result of their joint work, we get what we ultimately observe by entering this or that address in the address bar. However, people who do not have specific knowledge of how the Internet is arranged and works do not fully understand what a web page is and how it is formed, functions, and loads. In this article, we will try to talk about this in an accessible and understandable language.
Where does the web page start?
What are the steps involved in creating a website page? In order to understand what a web page is, you need to understand how it is formed.
Design
It all starts with the work of a designer. He, in accordance with the requirements and goals of the customer, develops the layout of the future site. This layout is created for one, two or more pages. At this stage, the location of all the necessary objects is determined, the selection of fonts, pictures, design as a whole is carried out. That is, the appearance of the pages is initially formed, from which a full-fledged site will then be assembled.
Layout
Then the layout designer starts working. Based on the layout developed by the designer, he makes the page layout, optimizing it for various browsers. To do this, a regular document is created, for example, in Notepad, which is saved with the.html extension. It is in this language that a simple web page is written. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is a set of tags that serve to implement a variety of tasks. This language is quite simple, but functional. With its help, a logical structure of the page is created and it is divided into separate elements - headings, lists, paragraphs, tables and other objects. In addition, tags define the meaning of all content. They tell the browser what to highlight, underline, where to indent, where to insert an image, and what to turn into a link. As a result, the page takes on the appropriate form. However, to completelycorresponded to what the designer came up with, you must also use CSS. These are cascading style sheets that set the appearance of the html document, its design. Using CSS tools, you can "paint" the page in the desired colors, apply one or another font style, add other design elements. Using HTML and CSS gives us a finished, beautifully designed page. But it still needs to be given dynamism, and this is the programmer's job.
Programming
At this stage, you already have an understanding of what a web page is and how it is created. However, that's not all. Pages are of several types - static, dynamic and interactive. The first ones just refer to those that are created only using html and css. In order to make the page dynamic, you need an engine - CMS (or Content Management System). This is a special program that, at the request of users, forms a page from the data stored in the server database. That is, the page is created at the moment a request is received from the user. To write it, languages such as ASP, PHP and others are used. As for interactive pages, they include so-called forms, through which the user and the server exchange data. They are also written in PHP, JavaScript, etc. Programming is a more complex process than layout, it requires high-quality specific knowledge of at least one (and preferably several) of the listed languages.
How does a web page load?
Toin order for the page to become available to all Internet users, it (that is, the document in which it is described) is placed on a web server. This is a computer that is constantly running, waiting for requests from browsers. When it receives it, it finds the required resource (for example, a web page) and sends it to the appropriate browser. And that, in turn, based on the information contained in the document (signals) displays a web page.
Why can't I open the web page?
There are situations when you enter a query (specify an address, write a word in the search bar or click on a link), but the browser cannot display the information you need and says that the web page was not found. What is the reason here and how to solve a similar problem?
First, check the url to see if it's correct. If a mistake is made in some letter or sign, then the server will not be able to find information adequate to your request, and the browser, accordingly, will display it. But if the address is correct, then why is the web page not available? The reason may be cookies. They are created by web pages that you have visited before to store some settings and other things. If such a file is corrupted, it may prevent the page from loading normally. To correct the situation, it must be removed. To do this, in the browser settings, find the "Privacy" section, go to the content settings and in the window that opens, select "All cookies and site data". Click "Delete All".
Thirdthe reason may be the slow operation of the browser due to the use of a proxy server. To fix the problem, you need to change the settings. You can do this in the "Internet Connections" section. Select the network you are using, open the settings and look for the "Proxy Server" tab. Set the desired settings for its use. Everything should work now.
Conclusion
From this article you learned about what a web page is, how it is formed and what specialists are involved in its creation. We also considered the question of how site pages are loaded and displayed, why they may not open, and how to solve this problem. Now you know a little more about how the Internet functions and what its web resources are.
