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A web page or webpage is a document, commonly written in HTML (hypertext markup language) viewed in an Internet browser. A web page can be accessed by entering a URL (uniform resource locator) address into a browser's address bar. A web page may contain text, graphics, and hyperlinks to other web pages and files. A web page provides information to viewers, including pictures or videos to help illustrate important topics. A web page may also be used as a method to sell products or services to viewers. Multiple web pages make up a website, like our Computer Hope website. For example, you access a web page when you click a link provided by a search engine. The Internet consists of millions of web pages, with more being added daily. When was the first web page created? What is the difference between a website and web page? What are the file formats of a web page? How to find a web page.
What are the elements of a web page? What can you do on a web page? Should I use "webpage" or "web page" when writing? Internet help and support. Viewing a web page requires a browser like Internet Explorer, Edge, Safari, Firefox, or Chrome. For example, you are reading this web page using a browser. Once in a browser, you can open a web page by entering the URL in the address bar. If you don't know the URL of the site you'd like to visit, you can use a search engine to find it. How to copy a web page link or URL. How to copy text and images from a web page. How to copy and paste text to a document or another program. When was the first web page created? The history of the Internet. Who invented the Internet? What is the difference between a website and web page? A website refers to a central location containing more than one web page.
For example, Computer Hope is considered a website, which includes thousands of different web pages, including this web page you are reading now. In the example URL above, the web page is "url.htm" and is always the last part of the URL. For URLs not having an ending of .htm, .html, .php, .cgi, .pl, or another file extension, the server loads the default index.htm web page in that directory. In this case, the default index file loads from the contact/ directory. What are the file formats of a web page? The most common file format and file extension of a web page is .html, as mentioned above. Most web pages are eventually displayed as an HTML file. In the case of this static web page, the file extension is ".htm," which is the same as a ".html" page. Pages generated by server-side scripts may have the extension of the programming language used to create that script.
For example, a common server-side script extension you may see is .php for a page generated in PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor). Pages generated using PHP often have a dynamic element, such as pulling information from a database to create the resulting HTML page you view in your browser. Remember that the file extension is .php, but the file format is HTML. Below are other file extensions and file formats you may encounter when developing a web page or browsing the Internet. As a user surfing the Internet, to find a web page or other information use a search engine. To find something on a website, use its search feature (if available). For the browser to access a web page on the Internet, it must know the IP address of the web server containing the web page. Once that IP address is found, the browser contacts the server and requests the web page entered into the URL (Uniform Resource Locator).
See our IP address page for further information about IP addresses and a visual example of this process. The page you are reading now is an example of a web page. It comprises several web technologies, including HTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript. You can view all of the code by viewing the source code of the web page. See: How to view the HTML source code of a web page. Although the web page body is created using HTML, that HTML code can be created using an HTML editor and written by a human or generated using server-side scripts or other scripts. A web page created by a human often ends with a .htm or .html file extension called a static web page. For example, this page uses "webpage.htm" as its file name. Dynamic web pages generated by a script can end in .cgi, .php, .pl, and other extensions, depending on the language generating the page.
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