A website is a collection of web pages or ‘locations’ on the internet where you store information and present it so that it can be accessed by anyone online. This information can be about yourself, your business, or even a topic that you are interested in. Like ‘locations’ in general, websites work using an address system that will tell you the exact location on the internet so that you can access it through a web browser. Simply explained, the address is similar to the address you use to go to a place in a maps application. When you access a site address, the web browser will go to the specified location and retrieve the site’s files. The process of retrieving this information is carried out by web services using technologies such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). These protocols basically function to determine how information and files are transmitted over the web. The browser then displays the page on your device’s screen using technologies such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS). These technologies structure and present the contents of the website to visitors by telling the web browser the correct position to present the information on the screen. Although it requires a programming language or coding for a website to be displayed on the screen, fortunately you don’t need to learn a programming language or have an IT background to create a website.
