NWE Help: Web: Intro: Web Pages

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A web page is just a text document on a computer which is connected to the Internet and has a special program called a server which makes the web pages available. Because of that, we often call the computers web pages are on "servers."

The NWE has its own web server--www.nwe.ufl.edu. We have set up the NWE so that certain files are available worldwide through the web server. Those files include any files you place in your public_html directory.

You can include images, text, and other things on your web pages. The NWE offers several ways to create web pages. We also have several pages with information on the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which most web pages use.

Web pages are called "pages" as a holdover from print media terminology. Of course, they don't behave exactly like printed pages, but do share some of the common characteristics of print media. Many web pages contain less information than typical printed pages. They can also use brighter colors, more graphics, and animations which can't be displayed in books or newspapers.

The biggest difference between printed and web pages is linking, the hypertextual quality we'll learn more about on the next page.