How websites work

Introduction

This section introduces the topic of how websites work and compares it to opening a bakery in the real world.

How Websites Work

• A website is like renting a space on a server instead of renting a physical space on the high street.

• A server is a computer connected to the internet that stores or hosts pieces of your website, such as code, images, and video clips.

• Every single server in the world has its own address called an IP address which is short for Internet Protocol.

Web Address or Domain Name

This section explains what domain names are and how they work.

What is a Domain Name?

• A domain name is what potential customers will use to find your website. It's like the sign above your door in the real world.

• Everything after www. is known as the domain name and it's what actually lets people find your website.

How Browsers Find Your Website

This section explains how browsers find your website when someone types in your web address.

How Browsers Find Your Website

• When someone types in your web address into their browser, first, the browser figures out which server holds the content and then heads over to that server.

• The browser then requests all elements needed to show this person this webpage from that server. The server replies with all necessary files including images and scripts so that whoever is on

the other end of the device can actually view the pages.

Conclusion

This section concludes by summarizing how websites work and how browsers find your website.

Conclusion

• A website is like renting a space on a server instead of renting a physical space on the high street.

• Every single server in the world has its own address called an IP address which is short for Internet Protocol.

• A domain name is what potential customers will use to find your website. It's like the sign above your door in the real world.

• When someone types in your web address into their browser, first, the browser figures out which server holds the content and then heads over to that server. The browser then requests all elements needed to show this person this webpage from that server. The server replies with all necessary files including images and scripts so that whoever is on

the other end of the device can actually view the pages.