Once we have entered this complex and wonderful world of blogging, we become familiar with a range of concepts related to the world of the internet and web pages, but they do not always end entirely clearly. The objective of this article is to bring you the most useful and widely used concepts in this field, and so you will know how to make a complete blog in an extensively functional way.
It is possible that you already master some of these practices, at least in regards to basic configuration and elemental connectivity, but when something new comes up to us, it represents a challenge that on many occasions we do not know how to face . Knowing the bases behind these concepts and technologies, we will be able to successfully overcome the future challenges related to these, which are those of greatest growth and change within the technological field.
We will describe these concepts by category, that is, through the group of technologies that function as a functional service unit . We will start by saying that a website is made up of 3 basic elements:
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1. The web pages themselves
They are files that contain all the information to be viewed through the web browser (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, among others). This may be embedded or referring to information in other web locations. These pages, whatever the format, are made up of plain text, that is, they are nothing more than a textual description that the browser then understands as visual elements to display.
The best known format of files or web files is .HTML . These acronyms mean in Spanish: Hypertext markup language , so it is not classified as a programming language but rather as a layout language , since it only lays the foundations of the visualization for a web page.
In current web practices, HTML files only contain the tags that make up the structure of the web page , and visual properties such as color, size, margin, among others, are set in cascading style sheets or CSS .
Other web page formats can be found as: .PHP, .ASP, .ASPX. These files do correspond to programming languages (PHP, C #, VisualBasic, etc.) because they contain instructions to be processed according to the context, the interaction with users and other variables to configure . After processing these instructions, the corresponding HTML is built.
This difference between programming and layout is the one that governs the concepts of static websites and dynamic websites since, in the second case, the websites are visualized and built according to other variables that give it dynamism . For example, the variable: user location can be used to display content in one language or another.
This is where a lot of known and popular systems appear that work as embedded programs on the web itself, programs such as:
- WordPress
- Joomla
- Drupal
- Prestashop
- Magento
They are also called CMS which stands for Content Management System and are the maximum expression of dynamism on websites. Like these systems there are hundreds or thousands since the wave of open source platforms has allowed the code to be reused for other applications and improvements.
2. The web hosting service
The files that make up a website must be available on the internet at all times, and like all files, it needs a digital space to store them . This digital space and together with other associated services are called: hosting .
The hosting provides everything you need for the user or visitor can view the site web.Administra all connections with visitors and you can publish, edit or delete files using secure access and file transfer protocols (FTP)
When hiring one of these services you can see some of the following benefits that quote it:
- Disc space:
It is the capacity of the digital space to store information. It is usually overrated by first-time users, but you should understand that the files that make up a website do not take up as much space as they are plain text, so this feature goes into the background.
- Transfer or bandwidth:
It is the amount of information that can be transferred from the server to users in a period of 30 days. Once the maximum quota is reached, all connections stop, so for the rest of the month, your website will be offline. Clearly an extremely important feature.
- Activity time:
It is an average of hours per year that the server is available. It is measured in percentages and is important because it measures the performance and seriousness of the service. Although it is not possible to reach 100% because the computer equipment requires maintenance, it is possible to get close enough.
3. The domain name
This element is closely associated with marketing and can make the difference between the success and failure of your web project. This importance is due to the fact that it is the element that is first disclosed before entering the corresponding pages.
The domain name is used to mask the IP address of the site that, like a directory or telephone directory, we would not learn the number for each website to visit. Instead, it is easier to learn a name that is more related to the site than the particular IP.
This “directory” that links the IP address with the domain name is stored on special servers called: Domain Name Servers (DNS), which translate bidirectionally between domain name and IP address .
These servers must be correctly configured, which generally happens when the hosting provider and the domain provider are the same. Otherwise, we must note the IP address of these servers in the DNS configuration .
This description of the package of services that makes the life of a website possible is generic in nature, as countless other cloud computing and hosting solutions are being comprehensively delivered, and will completely transform the experience and form of do internet day by day.
