| A website is
a collection of information about a particular topic
or subject. Designing a website is defined as the
arrangement and creation of web pages that in turn
make up a website. A web page consists of
information for which the website is developed. A
website might be compared to a book, where each page
of the book is a web page.
There are many aspects
(design concerns) in this process, and due to the
rapid development of the Internet, new aspects may
emerge. For typical commercial web sites, the basic
aspects are:
- The content,
substance and informational value of the site,
from its target public's point of view;
- The
usability of the site, navigation scheme,
intuitive interface, compatibility and
reliability of dynamic functions;
- The
appearance, what's communicated by the
styles, aesthetics, and professional appearance
of the pages;
- The
visibility of the site on the Internet,
particularly within the major search engines,
effected by compatibility with those search
engines and all of the above.
A website typically
consists of text and images. The first page of a
website is known as the Home page or Index. Some
websites use what is commonly called a Splash Page.
Splash pages might include a welcome message,
language/region selection, or disclaimer. Each web
page within a website is an HTML file which has its
own URL. After each web page is created, they are
typically linked together using a navigation menu
composed of hyperlinks. Faster browsing speeds have,
incredibly enough, led to shorter attention spans
and more demanding online visitors and this has seen
a shrinkage in the use of Splash Pages, particularly
where commercial websites are concerned.
Once a website is
completed, it must be published or uploaded in order
to be viewable to the public over the internet. This
is done using an FTP client. Once published, the
webmaster may use a variety of techniques to
increase the traffic, or hits, that the website
receives. This may include submitting the website to
a search engine such as Google or Yahoo, exchanging
links with other websites, creating affiliations
with similar websites, etc.
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