Introduction to Web

Introduction:

Website is a tool of internet marketing, where users can transmit their data globaly. Because we live in a modern world, where billions of computers are connected through different mediums.

Advantages of Website:

• The information is available to be accessed by anyone, anywhere, anytime.
• The information within a site can be quickly accessed.  There is no need to sift through several pages.
• The site may provide links to other sites on the same topic
• The site can be updated to always provide the latest information.
• The site creator/author doesn’t need to be present when someone is retrieving information.
• The author can usually be contacted through an emailing address or a message board connected to the site.
• There is no need to carry a hard copy of information with you. (No heavy book)
• You can look at more than one page or source at the one time by having numerous windows.
• Information is easy to gather and print selectively.
• Easy to use the information to create your own resource.
• You can peruse the information at leisure taking as much time as needed.
• Saves a trip to the library.

Components of Website:

A website can be divided into pieces a lot of different ways. You can divide up the process of development into stages, or you can look at the individual parts. But a website is not like a airplane. The pieces don’t screw together or came apart in the same way. What makes a website work is the interaction between components that are separated in space and, possibly, time. Some of the pieces are more theoretical, such as the mockup and the navigation structure.

Essential Components:

• Front End Elements
• The navigation structure
• The page mockup or layout
• logo
• Images
• Content
• Graphics Design

Other/ Optional  Components:

• Hosting
• Domain name

Web Structure:
There are 3 essential blocks or parts of a website. Either site is static or dynamic.

• Header
• Body
• Footer

Web Hosting:

Webhosting is a service provide by web host companies, where users can save their files or data remotely. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server owned or leased for use by clients.

Domain Name:

Domain name is a internet address of a website, In general, a domain name represents an Internet Protocol (IP) resource, such as a personal computer used to access the Internet, a server computer hosting a web site, or the web site itself or any other service communicated via the Internet. There are two types of domain services provided by domain registrar.

• TLD (Top Level Domains)
• Free Domains (Sub Domains) 

TLD:

This domains are premium, means user can purchase from domain registrar according to their needs such as country wise or profession wise for a specific period of time. 

Example: www.yourname.com or www.yourname.net.

Country Codes & Top Level Domains

• AD = Andorra
• AE = United Arab Emirates
• AF = Afghanistan
• AG = Antigua and Barbuda
• AI = Anguilla
• AL = Albania
• AM = Armenia
• AN = Netherlands Antilles
• AO = Angola
• AQ = Antarctica
• AR = Argentina
• AS = American Samoa
• AT = Austria
• AU = Australia
• AW = Aruba
• AZ = Azerbaijan
• BA = Bosnia and Herzegovina
• BB = Barbados
• BD = Bangladesh
• BE = Belgium
• BF = Burkina Faso
• BG = Bulgaria
• BH = Bahrain
• BI = Burundi
• BJ = Benin
• BM = Bermuda
• BN = Brunei Darussalam
• BO = Bolivia
• BR = Brazil
• BS = Bahamas
• BT = Bhutan
• BV = Bouvet Island
• BW = Botswana
• BY = Belarus
• BZ = Belize
• CA = Canada
• CC = Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• CF = Central African Republic
• CG = Congo
• CH = Switzerland
• CI = Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• CK = Cook Islands
• CL = Chile
• CM = Cameroon
• CN = China
• CO = Colombia
• CR = Costa Rica
• CS = Czechoslovakia (former)
• CU = Cuba
• CV = Cape Verde
• CX = Christmas Island
• CY = Cyprus
• CZ = Czech Republic
• DE = Germany
• DJ = Djibouti
• DK = Denmark
• DM = Dominica
• DO = Dominican Republic
• DZ = Algeria
• EC = Ecuador
• EE = Estonia
• EG = Egypt
• EH = Western Sahara
• ER = Eritrea
• ES = Spain
• ET = Ethiopia
• FI = Finland
• FJ = Fiji
• FK = Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
• FM = Micronesia
• FO = Faroe Islands
• FR = France
• FX = France, Metropolitan
• GA = Gabon
• GB = Great Britain (UK)
• GD = Grenada
• GE = Georgia
• GF = French Guiana
• GH = Ghana
• GI = Gibraltar
• GL = Greenland
• GM = Gambia
• GN = Guinea
• GP = Guadeloupe
• GQ = Equatorial Guinea
• GR = Greece
• GS = S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls.
• GT = Guatemala
• GU = Guam
• GW = Guinea-Bissau
• GY = Guyana
• HK = Hong Kong
• HM = Heard and McDonald Islands
• HN = Honduras
• HR = Croatia (Hrvatska)
• HT = Haiti
• HU = Hungary
• ID = Indonesia
• IE = Ireland
• IL = Israel
• IN = India
• IO = British Indian Ocean Territory
• IQ = Iraq
• IR = Iran
• IS = Iceland
• IT = Italy
• JM = Jamaica
• JO = Jordan
• JP = Japan
• KE = Kenya
• KG = Kyrgyzstan
• KH = Cambodia
• KI = Kiribati
• KM = Comoros
• KN = Saint Kitts and Nevis
• KP = Korea (North)
• KR = Korea (South)
• KW = Kuwait
• KY = Cayman Islands
• KZ = Kazakhstan
• LA = Laos
• LB = Lebanon
• LC = Saint Lucia
• LI = Liechtenstein
• LK = Sri Lanka
• LR = Liberia
• LS = Lesotho
• LT = Lithuania
• LU = Luxembourg
• LV = Latvia
• LY = Libya
• MA = Morocco
• MC = Monaco
• MD = Moldova
• MG = Madagascar
• MH = Marshall Islands
• MK = Macedonia
• ML = Mali
• MM = Myanmar
• MN = Mongolia
• MO = Macau
• MP = Northern Mariana Islands
• MQ = Martinique
• MR = Mauritania
• MS = Montserrat
• MT = Malta
• MU = Mauritius
• MV = Maldives
• MW = Malawi
• MX = Mexico
• MY = Malaysia
• MZ = Mozambique
• NA = Namibia
• NC = New Caledonia
• NE = Niger
• NF = Norfolk Island
• NG = Nigeria
• NI = Nicaragua
• NL = Netherlands
• NO = Norway
• NP = Nepal
• NR = Nauru
• NT = Neutral Zone
• NU = Niue
• NZ = New Zealand (Aotearoa)
• OM = Oman
• PA = Panama
• PE = Peru
• PF = French Polynesia
• PG = Papua New Guinea
• PH = Philippines
• PK = Pakistan
• PL = Poland
• PM = St. Pierre and Miquelon
• PN = Pitcairn
• PR = Puerto Rico
• PT = Portugal
• PW = Palau
• PY = Paraguay
• QA = Qatar
• RE = Reunion
• RO = Romania
• RU = Russia
• RW = Rwanda
• SA = Saudi Arabia
• Sb = Solomon Islands
• SC = Seychelles
• SD = Sudan
• SE = Sweden
• SG = Singapore
• SH = St. Helena
• SI = Slovenia
• SJ = Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
• SK = Slovak Republic
• SL = Sierra Leone
• SM = San Marino
• SN = Senegal
• SO = Somalia
• SR = Suriname
• ST = Sao Tome and Principe
• SU = USSR (former)
• SV = El Salvador
• SY = Syria
• SZ = Swaziland
• TC = Turks and Caicos Islands
• TD = Chad
• TF = French Southern Territories
• TG = Togo
• TH = Thailand
• TJ = Tajikistan
• TK = Tokelau
• TM = Turkmenistan
• TN = Tunisia
• TO = Tonga
• TP = East Timor
• TR = Turkey
• TT = Trinidad and Tobago
• TV = Tuvalu
• TW = Taiwan
• TZ = Tanzania
• UA = Ukraine
• UG = Uganda
• UK = United Kingdom
• UM = US Minor Outlying Islands
• US = United States
• UY = Uruguay
• UZ = Uzbekistan
• VA = Vatican City State (Holy See)
• VC = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• VE = Venezuela
• VG = Virgin Islands (British)
• VI = Virgin Islands (U.S.)
• VN = Viet Nam
• VU = Vanuatu
• WF = Wallis and Futuna Islands
• WS = Samoa
• YE = Yemen
• YT = Mayotte
• YU = Yugoslavia
• ZA = South Africa
• ZM = Zambia
• ZR = Zaire
• ZW = Zimbabwe
• COM = US Commercial
• EDU = US Educational
• GOV = US Government
• INT = International
• MIL = US Military
• NET = Network
• ORG = Non-Profit Organization
• ARPA = Arpanet
• NATO = Nato field

Free Domain (Sub Domains):
This type of domains are free of cost offered by web hosts for a specific time period or some restriction policies applied on it such as advertisments or chain referral system. Most probably, this domain names are sub domains.
Example: www.yourname.yahoo.com, www.yahoo.com/yourname