Question

Website definition and its types with examples

Answer 1

A website[1] is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server. A website may be accessible via a public Internet Protocol (IP) network, such as the Internet, or a private local area network (LAN), by referencing a uniform resource locator (URL) that identifies the site.

Websites can have many functions and can be used in various fashions; a website can be a personal website, a commercial website for a company, a government website or a non-profit organization website. Websites are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose, ranging from entertainment and social networking to providing news and education. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web, while private websites, such as a company's website for its employees, are typically a part of an intranet.

Answer 2

A Web site is a related collection of World Wide Web (WWW) files that includes a beginning file called a home page. A company or an individual tells you how to get to their Web site by giving you the address of their home page. From the home page, you can get to all the other pages on their site. For example, the Web site for IBM has the home page address of http://www.ibm.com. (The home page address actually includes a specific file name like index.html but, as in IBM's case, when a standard default name is set up, users don't have to enter the file name.) IBM's home page address leads to thousands of pages. (But a Web site can also be just a few pages.)


This article aims to discuss the types of website available and what they are suitable for.

Typically, a website falls under one of the following broad categories;

Non-editable brochure website (often referred to as static site).Editable brochure website (requiring a content management system).Editable, dynamic website, with more user engagement (login areas etc) and self managed through a content management system.E-commerce site – integrated with a payment gateway such as Paypal, Worldpay or banks like Barclays or HSBC.A web application – when a website requires lots of bespoke functionality or processes it generally falls under the web application category.