Website Development

Website Development

what is WordPress?

WordPress is an online, open source website creation tool written in PHP. But in non-geek speak, it’s probably the easiest and most powerful blogging and website content management system (or CMS) in existence today.

About WordPress?

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.

Everything you see here, from the documentation to the code itself, was created by and for the community. WordPress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it. (More than most commercial platforms.) It also means you are free to use it for anything from your recipe site to a Fortune 500 web site without paying anyone a license fee and a number of other important freedoms.

what is website?

A site or website is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser. For example, the Computer Hope website address is https://www.computerhope.com. The image to the right shows how the Computer Hope website looked in 2011.

How to open a website?

To view a website requires a browser (e.g. 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 website by entering the URL in the address bar. For example, typing "https://www.computerhope.com" opens the Computer Hope home page. If you don't know the URL of the website you want to visit, you can use a search engine to find the website on the Internet.

what is the different between a website and web page?

A website refers to a central location that contains more than one web page or a series of web pages. For example, Computer Hope is considered a website, which contains thousands of different web pages, including the page you're reading now.

In the above URL example, the website is computerhope.com and the web page is "url.htm" and is always the last part of the URL.

who creats websites on the internet?

Any business, government, or person can create a website on the Internet. Today, the Internet consists of billions of websites created my billions of different people. You can even create a website or blog on the Internet.

what is domain name and urls

The universal resource locator, or URL, is an entire set of directions, and it contains extremely detailed information. The domain name is one of the pieces inside of a URL. It is also the most easily recognized part of the entire address. When computer users type a web address directly into the field at the top of their browser window, it initiates a process of locating the page requested. To do so, the instructions contained inside the URL, including the domain name, must correctly point to that location. The IP address is a numerical code that makes this possible.

what is a domain name?

Domain names function on the Internet in a manner similar to a physical address in the physical world. Each part of the domain name provides specific information. These pieces of information enable web browsers to locate the web page. The naming system is closely regulated in order to prevent confusion or duplicate addresses. As demand increased exponentially, a new Internet Protocol version, or IPv6, was created to expand the amount of domain names available.

how do domain works?

Domain names work because they provide computer users with a short name that is easy to remember. Users enter web addresses into the URL field at the top of their browser's page from left to right. The domain name itself is read from right to left according to the naming hierarchy discussed below. This link provides directions to the network, which ultimately results in a successful page load at the client end of the transaction.

The common fictitious domain name, www.example.com, is comprised of three essential parts:

.com - This is the top-level domain.

.example. - This is a sub-domain.

www. - This is a sub-domain prefix for the World Wide Web. The original use of this prefix was partly accidental, and pronunciation difficulties raised interest in creating viable alternatives.

Many servers use a three-letter naming convention for top-level domains, and they are separated from sub-domains by a dot. The significance of the top-level domain is the most important for new users to grasp. It identifies the highest part of the naming system used on the Internet. This naming system was originally created to identify countries and organizations as well as categories.

The most common categories are easily recognized by new computer users, and they include:

.com

.org

.edu

.net

.mil

A significant expansion of the top-level domains occurred, and they now include:

.biz

.museum

.info

.name

Country codes are also easily recognizable to new users because the abbreviations are the same ones used for other purposes. The organization of the domain name hierarchy and the ability to reserve them for only one purpose has already undergone several modifications. Discussions and debates concerning the availability and affordability of domain names can be expected to continue.

Sub-domains are organized to the left of the top-level domain, and this is the part of the domain system that is most recognizable to humans. It is common to see several levels of sub-domains, and some countries developed specific conventions of organization to communicate information within their internal naming systems.

what is a web server and how its work?

Web server is a program that uses HTTP to serve files that create web pages to users in response to their requests, which are forwarded by their computers HTTP connection.

Any server that delivers an XML document to another device can be a Web server. A better definition might be that a Web server is an Internet server that responds to HTTP requests to deliver content and services.

Let me explain you with a simple example, I can say if you are in front of your computer, browsing your Web, and you get a message from a friend saying, "I had just read a great article! You can check it from the following URL. It's at http://www.fastwebhost.in/blog" So you will type that URL into your browser and press enter.

And that’s it, no matter where the website hosted in the world, the page will be displayed on your computer screen.

Always a web server is connected to the internet. Every Web server that connects to the Internet will be provided with a unique address which was arranged with a series of four numbers between 0 and 255 separated by periods.

Also, web server enables the hosting providers to manage multiple domains(users) on a single server.

A web host is a company that leases out space on a cluster of servers to empower people to serve their own content & webpages.

different types of web servers

There are different types of web servers available in open market. The most popular web servers are Apache, IIS, Nginx and LiteSpeed.

Apache Web Server

Apache is the most popular web server in the world developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Apache is an open source software and can be installed on almost all operating systems including Linux, Unix, Windows, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and more. About 60% of machines run on Apache Web Server.

An Apache server can be customized easily as it contains a modular structure. It is also an open source which means that you can add your own modules to the server when to require and make modifications that suit your specific needs.

It is more stable than any other web servers and is easier to solve administrative issues. It can be install on multiple platforms successfully.

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Recent Apache releases provide you the feasibility of handling more requests when you compare to its earlier versions.

IIS Web Server

IIS is a Microsoft product. IIS server has all the features just like Apache. But it is not an open source and more over personal modules cannot be added easily and modification becomes a little difficult job.

Microsoft developed, maintains it, thus works with all the Windows operating system platforms. Also, they had good customer support if it had any issues.

Nginx Web Server

Nginx is another free open source web server, it includes IMAP/POP3 proxy server. Nginx is known for its high performance, stability, simple configuration and low resource usage.

This web server doesn’t use threads to handle requests rather a much more scalable event-driven architecture which uses small and predictable amounts of memory under load. It is getting popular in the recent times and it is hosting about 7.5% of all domains worldwide.

LightSpeed Web Server

LiteSpeed (LSWS) is a high-performance Apache drop-in replacement. LSWS is the 4th most popular web server on the internet and it is a commercial web server.

Upgrading your web server to LiteSpeed will improve your performance and lower operating costs.

This is compatible with most common Apache features, including mod_rewrite, .htaccess, and mod_security. LSWS can load Apache configuration files directly and works as a drop-in replacement for Apache with hosting control panels — replacing Apache in less than 15 minutes with zero downtime.

Unlike other front-end proxy solutions, LSWS replaces all Apache functions, simplifying use and making the transition from Apache smooth and easy. Most of the hosting companies were using LSWS in recent times.

what is web hosting?

Web hosting is a service that allows organizations and individuals to post a website or web page onto the Internet. A web host, or web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for the website or webpage to be viewed in the Internet. Websites are hosted, or stored, on special computers called servers.

When Internet users want to view your website, all they need to do is type your website address or domain into their browser. Their computer will then connect to your server and your webpages will be delivered to them through the browser.

Most hosting companies require that you own your domain in order to host with them. If you do not have a domain, the hosting companies will help you purchase one. 

types of website.

Regionally, websites were purely informational. Before the web was opened to the public, educational and research institutions and government agencies were able to make information available to each other via text-only websites. Now that we have the World Wide Web, there are more types of websites than you can shake a stick at. Here we will discuss the basic types, noting that we will not include all and that there are hybrids of all those we will discuss. 

Basic Website Types
    1. Personal Websites
    2. Photo Sharing Websites
    3. Writers / Authors Websites
    4. Community Building Websites
    5. Mobile Device Websites
    6. Blogs
    7. Informational Websites
    8. Online Business Brochure/Catalog