Web Terms Explained Part 3

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class="cap">In part     hard programming!’ Basically is a
one of this article I           server side scripting language
described some of the different       which can be embedded into HTML.
features available in web hosting     Server side means that the code
packages. As promised this           will only work on a server that
article will talk about the           has PHP enabled. So you can’t
different programming languages       test your code on your local
offered by web hosting packages       machine, only on a server.

Now there are many different

ASP stands for ‘active server
programming languages which allow     pages’ which provides a way to
you to manipulate data and make       embed scripts in HTML pages in
dynamic pages. The most common        order to generate dynamic pages
are PHP, ASP and CGI. If you’re      like processing forms or showing
not likely to use any of these        the time and date. Some web
languages you will just need the      hosting companies will offer you
very basic hosting package.           the choice of running a website
Those that do will know what          on a Unix or Windows server. If
language they need enable on          you want to use ASP then you will
there hosting package. If you         need to have a Windows server as
are not sure because you have a       Unix does not support it.

web development company building

CGI stands for ‘Common Gateway
your site, you need to talk to        Interface’ which when offered by
them about it. Some of the           a webhost means you can run CGI
common programming language terms     scripts. These scripts are
are explained below:

normally written in perl and

PHP is a very powerful             offer many kinds of functionality
programming language which is the     to your website. A lot of scripts
abbreviation of Hypertext             are freely available to use
Preprocessor. At university it       although you can obviously create

your own.

JavaScript.

FrontPage extensions are

SSI stands for ‘Server Side
special extensions which are          Includes’ which is a method of
installed on the server which         using directives in your HTML
enhance the usability of a            code to be processed by the web
WYSIWYG program known as              server. SSI is a standard in
FrontPage editor. A WYSIWYW           basic web hosting packages.

program stands for ‘what you see

Most web hosting companies
is what you get’ which describes      offer some or all of the above.
a system which displays your          If you just want a static website
content similar to how it will        you will not need any of these
look once published. So rather       languages. But remember you will
than view html code which is like     need a domain name and web
a foreign language to those that      hosting including an FTP software
don’t know it, it will show           program so you can transfer your
images and text just like a           files to your server
webpage does. This makes building     space.

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extensions.

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client-side programming language.     k.com/reseller.php">Domain
JavaScript can be embedded in       Reseller Programs with great
HTML pages to create interactive      English speaking telephone
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