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Domain
A website's domain is the "something.com".
For example, howtostartawebsite-forbeginners.com or google.com or
yahoo.com. The same goes for .org or .net sites, such as craigslist.org.
Domain Registration
In order for you to own a
domain, you have to register it. The process for this will be explained in
the next chapter. Once you register a domain it is reserved for you and
nobody else can register it.
FTP
FTP stands for File Transfer
Protocol. It is a common method used for transferring your web page files
from your computer to your hosting company's server. This is what allows
the web pages you created on your computer to show up on the internet.
It's simple and easy, and accomplished by using a small, free program.
Instructions for this will be provided later on.
Hosting Company
Every website has to be
hosted on a server. You can do this yourself but it's far easier and
inexpensive to pay for hosting services at a hosting company. The hosting
company has servers that store your web pages. When you or anyone else
views your website, you're seeing files that are being stored on those
servers.
HTML
HTML stands for Hypertext
Transfer Markup Language. It is the most basic programming language in
which websites are created. There are many other languages that can be
used for website creation, but they are not required in order to create
useable designs. You don't even have to know HTML in order to create a web
page because you can use website creation software to do it for you. More
about that will be explained later.
Notepad
Notepad is a simple text
editor found on all Windows computers. Similar programs are on Mac and
Linux-based computers. You can actually create web pages in a program like
this, and you're going to learn how in the pages ahead.
Server
A server is like a
specialized computer that is set up specifically for storing web pages and
other files for use on the internet.
Web Design Software
There are many different
programs that you can use to create your web pages. Many of them operate
similarly to a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word. Some web
design programs have to be purchased and some are free. These programs
allow you to create websites as easily as creating a document in Microsoft
Word because they generate the HTML in the background for you.
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG stands for What You
See Is What You Get. This is a common acronym used to describe programs
that allow you create web pages visually. What you see as you create the
web page is what you get when it's live on the internet.
URL
URL stands for Uniform
Resource Locator. In simpler language, it's a website address, such as
www.google.com or news.google.com or www.google.com/news
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