Demistifying Websites
The VERY basics
The Internet: world wide web: “www”
Everyone uses the internet. It is what enables us to connect, and retrieve endless information from all our devices.
Servers
“Servers” are just computers connected to the internet. They ‘serve’ data to whoever makes a proper request
They ‘serve’ data to whoever makes a proper request
The Cloud
The cloud is just another termfor the servers that are collectively connected to the internet.
If you upload your content to the “cloud” you are simply putting it on a server somewhere, which is why security is such an important factor.
URL - Web Address
URL: Address on the web.
instead of using the IP address (which is only numbers, ie: “192.1.1.0.2”), the easy to use URL points to the server.
The URL must be pointed to the ‘servers’, so that your browser can be ‘served’ the code that is stored under that address on the server.
Your Browser
Your ‘browser’ on your personal computer, phone or other device translates all the code from the server based on the “URL” that you requested.
What is the Cloud?
The Cloud is just another term for the many servers that are collectively connected to the internet. You can ‘store’ your info on these servers… and retrieve them from anywhere that you can connect to the internet.
What is the Cloud?
The Cloud is just another term for the many servers that are collectively connected to the internet. You can ‘store’ your info on these servers… and retrieve them from anywhere that you can connect to the internet.
What is the Cloud?
The Cloud is just another term for the many servers that are collectively connected to the internet. You can ‘store’ your info on these servers… and retrieve them from anywhere that you can connect to the internet.
The Internet:
world wide web: “www”
“Servers” are just computers connected to the internet. They ‘serve’ data to whoever makes a proper request
They ‘serve’ data to whoever makes a proper request
The cloud is just another termfor the servers that are collectively
connected to the internet
URL: Address on the web.
instead of using the IP address (which is only numbers, ie: “192.1.1.0.2”), the easy to use URL points to the server.
The URL must be pointed to the ‘servers’, so that your browser can be ‘served’ the code that is stored under that address on the server.
Your ‘browser’ on your personal computer, phone or other device translates all the code from the server based on the “URL” that you requested.
Website code* lives on servers (computers) which must remain connected to the internet 24 hours a day, 365 days a year so that anyone who wishes to view the site will be ‘served’ the code files onto their web browser.
So owning or renting space on a server is a requirement for a website
* Websites are made of code. There are many types of code – HTML and CSS are the main building blocks of websites, but many other languages are used to create the variety of functions that websites do.
One more essential component to get started is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) – which is an address on the world wide web:
www.voyagemg.com is a URL the full version is: https://www.voyagemg.com
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A. https://www. designates the security and type of address.
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B. The URL of the website: “voyagemg.com”
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C. Various pages, resources or commands come at the end. ie: “/pageone.html”.
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Website code* lives on servers (computers) which must remain connected to the internet 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
So owning or renting space on a server is a requirement for a website
* Websites are made of code. There are many types of code – HTML and CSS are the main building blocks of websites, but many other languages are used to create the variety of functions that websites do.
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