What is a Webpage?

  • A webpage is a document written in HTML and can be viewed on any web browser. It is contained within the web server, which can be accessed by entering the URL for that web page, and once it is loaded, it appears on the user’s web browser. Each webpage is linked with a unique URL; hence two pages cannot have the same URL.
  • A webpage may contain text, links for other pages, graphics, videos, etc. Moreover, it is mainly used to provide information to the user in text, images, etc.
  • A webpage is a part of a website; it means a website contains different web pages. Such as javaTpoint.com is a website, and the page currently you are accessing is the webpage. It can be understood as an example of a book. So, a Website is like a complete book, and a webpage is like a page of that book.

Characteristics of a Web Page

Following are some characteristics of a Web page:

  • A simple webpage can be created very quickly.
  • It takes very little time to create a webpage compared to a Website.
  • A web page and a website should be compatible with any device, such as Mobile, Desktop, Laptop, etc.
  • The search engine provides a web page through a link, and when a user clicks on that link, it is redirected to the webpage of a website.
  • A webpage can have any type of information including videos, and audios.
  • It can be made up of only HTML(Hypertext Markup Language), or CSS, or JavaScript for dynamic and attractive behavior.

Types of a Web page

There are mainly two types of a Web page based on functionality:

  • Static Webpage
  • Dynamic Webpage

Static Webpage

Static webpages are those webpages that cannot be modified or altered by the client. These are also known as stationary or flat web pages. They are displayed on the client’s browser in the same format and manner as they are saved in the webserver. Users can only load the page and read the information but cannot perform any change on the page.

A static webpage is generally made up of HTML and CSS only.

Dynamic Webpage

As the name suggests, Dynamic webpages are dynamic, which means it shows different information at different point of time.