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There is a lot of confusion about web pages, web sites, and the Internet. Many people think that they are somehow all the same thing. Here, we will clarify exactly what a web page is, what a web site, is, and how the Internet comes into the picture. First, a web page is a file that a browser can view. A browser, then, is a program that can view web pages. Some examples of browsers: Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera Netscape Safari We use these browser programs to "Go on the Internet." When we are looking at a web page in a browser, we are looking at a file that came from somewhere in the world via the wires that make up the Internet. Web pages are written in a special code called HTML. So, browsers are programs that can view HTML pages. A web page is a file written in HTML. A web site, on the other hand is a collection of web pages (HTML files) all together in one place. To be a web site the pages all must link to each other. When you click the link (the blue words), the browser opens the page that the link tells about. If you create a web page and save it on your computer, you can open it in a browser. When you are looking at web pages that are on your own computer, then we say the web pages are local. They are not coming from anywhere on the Internet. It is possible to create a web site (remember, a collection of web pages all linked together) that is local on your own computer. This site would be a local web site. It would work just like a web site on the Internet. Web sites that are on the Internet need to be housed in special computers called servers. Specifically, they are called web servers. The word server comes from the fact that when you go to a web site on the Internet, the web server receives the message of which page you want to look at, then it "serves" it up to you in your browser. Local web sites are on your own computer. Server based web sites are on web servers connected to the Internet. Anyone in the world can go to a server based web site. Only you can see your own local web site.
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Local Web Site - Getting Started

What is a Local Web Site?

There is a lot of confusion about web pages, web sites, and the Internet. Many people think that they are somehow all the same thing. Here, we will clarify exactly what a web page is, what a web site, is, and how the Internet comes into the picture.

First, a web page is a file that a browser can view. A browser, then, is a program that can view web pages. Some examples of browsers:

Internet Explorer
Mozilla
Firefox
Opera
Netscape
Safari

We use these browser programs to "Go on the Internet." When we are looking at a web page in a browser, we are looking at a file that came from somewhere in the world via the wires that make up the Internet. Web pages are written in a special code called HTML. So, browsers are programs that can view HTML pages.

A web page is a file written in HTML. A web site, on the other hand is a collection of web pages (HTML files) all together in one place. To be a web site the pages all must link to each other. When you click the link (the blue words), the browser opens the page that the link tells about.

If you create a web page and save it on your computer, you can open it in a browser. When you are looking at web pages that are on your own computer, then we say the web pages are local. They are not coming from anywhere on the Internet. It is possible to create a web site (remember, a collection of web pages all linked together) that is local on your own computer. This site would be a local web site. It would work just like a web site on the Internet.

Web sites that are on the Internet need to be housed in special computers called servers. Specifically, they are called web servers. The word server comes from the fact that when you go to a web site on the Internet, the web server receives the message of which page you want to look at, then it "serves" it up to you in your browser.

Local web sites are on your own computer. Server based web sites are on web servers connected to the Internet. Anyone in the world can go to a server based web site. Only you can see your own local web site.