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What is a Web Site
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What is a Web Site?
by Laurie E. Tenzer, da WebWahine
A web site is often confused with a home page.
Home Page, Web Page or Web Site: What's the Difference?
A home page or web page is the most basic presence on the world wide web. It consists of one page. You will see do-it-yourself home page assistants on many consumer-oriented services such as geocities.yahoo.com or www.tripod.com. These services generally allow you to set up a free home page (and sometimes a full site) with a domain name such as: www.tripod.com/laurie. The free space is available, generally in exchange for advertising. A home page, is just that, one page. The home page serves a completely different function on a full-blown web site.
A web site is a collection of pages pertaining to a specific message, whether it be selling products, information about your company or a discussion area . A home page is your visitor's entry to your site. If you think of a web site as your house consisting of the front door with many different rooms each serving a different function inside, this is a web site.
A home page is like the front door to your home. Your front door is reached by someone knowing your address. For example, 123 Elm Street is equivalent to www.yourcompany.com. Just like the front door to your house, the home page allows visitors an entry to take them to the other rooms in the house. Example: You may navigate your visitors to the living room or your Company Information page. Thus, from the home page, a visitor or customer can navigate to all the other pages (or rooms) on the site.