Web page construction

The World Wide Web has opened up an entirely new avenue of publishing, one that avoids much of the costly overhead of print publishing and which is open to anyone–or at least anyone with access to a Web server.

A Web server is a program that delivers requested pages to Web client programs (browsers). A Web publication (or site) consists of a home page, all the Web pages that are linked from the home page, all the pages linked from those pages, and so on. [Top]

You should always be able to return to a site's home page from any page at the site. Not every page need be linked directly from the home page, but the essence of a well-designed Web publication is the organization of the links. If a site is intended for the Internet public at large, its documents should be placed in a directory at a Web server. If it is only intended for the internal use of some company or department, then the documents can be placed on any computer volume accessible to the entire local network. (This means that within a specific network, you can serve up Web pages without a server.) If you get your Internet access from a service provider, ask if you also get access to a Web server as part of your account. [Top]

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