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What is Website ? What are major components ?

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A web site is a collection of web pages which are digital files generally written using Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). For a web site to be available to everyone in the world at all times, it must be stored or "hosted" on a computer that is connected to the internet round the clock. Such a computer is known as a Web server.

The web pages of a website are linked together (through hyperlinks and hypertext) and share a common interface and design. The site might also contain additional documents and files such as images, videos or other digital assets. 

With Internet invading in every sphere, we see websites for all kind of causes and purposes. So, we can also say that a website can also be thought of as a digital environment capable of delivering information and solutions and promoting interaction between people, places, and things to support the goals of the organization it was created for. 

Components of a Website

As you know that a website is a collection of a related webpages hosted on a web server. There are some components essential for making a website.

These are being listed below.
Web host - Hosting is where a website is physically located. Group of linked webpages qualify to be called a website only when hosted on a web server. On a web server, somewhere, are a set of files that are transmitted to user computers when they specify the address of the website.

Address - This is the address of the website (also called URL of the site). When someone asks to see a website, (s)he needs to put this address into the web browser, and the asked site is delivered by the web server. 

Homepage - Every website has a home page. It is the first web page that appears when viewers go to a website. Home page of a website is very important as it sets the look and feel of the website and directs viewers to the rest of the pages in the website.

Design - It is the overall look and feel the website has a result of proper use and integration elements like navigation menus, graphics, layout etc.

Content - All the webpages contained in the website together make up the content of the website.

The Navigation Structure - The navigation structures of a website is the order of the pages, the collection of what links to what. Usually it is held together by at least one navigation menu.

Definition - A website or a site is a group of related web pages hosted on a web-server and are linked together and share a common interface and design.


Note - We have given above the components of website, not a webpage. Often people mistakenly consider components of webpage as components of a website. But there is a difference, which will be clear to you when we cover later the components of a webpage.

Website vs. Portal

As you already know that a website is a collection of related webpages. It is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network through an internet address known as a URL(Uniform Resource Locator). A Portal or a web portal also has similar characteristics, but there is a key difference between a website and a portal, which you must know.

A web portal is a launch pad to a host of a web based services such as email, shopping, gaming, news, weather and so on whereas a website is concerned with providing information about a company cause only. For a user, a portal is the entry point for using these services. A website on the other hand provides some specific type of information. 

Note - A Web portal is also a type of website but it differs in content and services from a typical website that provides only specialized information and links to sites about them. 

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