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13 Web, Web Design

An Anatomy of a web page

At the top of the page there is the URL address. URL means Uniform Resource Locator - the address of a file on the Internet.

A typical URL address may look like this:

http://www.spseiostrava.cz/index.php?id=studentum/studijni_mat

http://

indicates the type of protocol that the server and browser uses to communicate. Here it is Hypertext transfer Protocol. Some site begin ftp:// - a file transfer protocol which is used to copy files from one computer to another.

www.

shows that the resource is on the World Wide Web

spseiostrava.cz

is the domain name of the server that hosts the website, an institution based in the Czech Republic

/index.php?id=studentum/

is the path, the place where a web page is located

studijni_mat

is the filename or name of a single web page

The parts of the URL address are separated by full stops . and forward slashes /.
When reading the address we say “dot” = . and “slash” = /.

The toolbar shows navigation icons which let you go back or forward one page. You can also return to the home page. Built-in search box helps you look for information. You can easily revisit the page at a later time by adding it to your favourites. Most web pages contain clickable hypertext and image links which take you to different web pages when you click on them.