What is a website. How they work

 

Hello, I'm Umar jemal. And in this only shoe tutorial, you're going to learn what websites are and how they work. We'll cover domain names, hosting content management systems. In fact, in this tutorial series will show you step by step how to build a web So using all those things together so stay tuned to the And for how to get access to that. And now let's dive into what is a website. So what is a website? We look at them all the time. But what are they? By definition, a website is just a collection of documents or files that you can access through the internet. And usually, it looks something like this. Now in order to be able to look at a website, people use a program called a browser.

 The most popular browsers are in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari. Browsers job is to make the code into something that the user can look at and use Where do websites come from? How does your browser get the information for the documents or files that make up websites are stored or hosted on computers called servers. The service job is to host the information files and make them available to be sent whenever they're requested. When you tell your browser to look at a website, it sends a request to the server whether website is hosted through the internet. server responds by sending the information for that page back to your browser, which displays it so you can see You had to coordinate all of this any device connects to the internet is given a unique each address. This is called an IP address. IP addresses usually looks something like this. Now for most people trying to remember an IP address isn't very easy. S

to help with this, names that are easier to remember are used to substitute for the IP addresses. These names are called domain names. That way instead of trying to remember something like this, all you have to remember is a name like this. Domain names are set up with companies called register drawers And the registrar's job is very simple. When a request is sent out for information from a domain name, registrar makes sure that request is sent to the IP address of the server where that website is actually stored. Then the server sends the information back to the browser can display it Now in order for a website to function it has to have a place where it's stored which is referred to as a server server can be anything from a computer in someone's house to a massive collection of storage computers in a day smaller websites don't need a lot of space and hundreds or even 1000s of them can be stored on a single server this is referred to as shared hosting On the other hand huge websites To get a lot of traffic need lots of servers working together to keep up. Google and Facebook, for example, have millions of servers all working together to provide all the information requested from their site. Most people setting up a new website will start by renting some space on a server. This space is called a hosting account. Once a person has set up a domain name for their site In a hosting account to host their website now it's time for them to actually create the website itself and remember websites themselves are just information you can access online they can either be extremely simple like this website Are they can be massively complex with millions of servers contributing to them like Google or Facebook. To help build and manage websites easily, many people use programs called Content Management Systems. Content Management Systems basically manage a website the way the operating system on your computer manages your computer for you. And they are nice because they allow people to build a website without actually having to build all of the code by hand. Nowadays, For you to set up a website you mainly need Three things Item one You need to set up your domain name with a registrar item to you need to set up a hosting account so that your website will have a place to live and then make sure that your domain name is pointed at that server's address either Number three, you need to build a website itself. Now this may sound daunting to you, especially if this is the first time you've done any of this. Don't worry. Here's the best part. The rest of the tutorials in this collection, you will be watched step by step through tools and resources that show you how to do everything you've learned about this tutorial. So there you have it, the basic nuts and bolts of how websites work.

Alright, so to wrap things up, you've learned what websites are and how they work. The rest of the collection of tutorials is laid out Step by step and unless you so it's easy For you to navigate you can look for links in the description or on a page if you're on our website and of course be sure to like favorite comment share this video so other people have an easier time finding it all Also subscribe on YouTube like Asante Facebook basically follow us revenue find us you never miss anything we put together for you alright thanks for watching and keep an eye out for more tutorials coming up