← IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1

Website and web page

A collection of linked web pages stored on web servers. A web page is a single document viewed in a browser, and the web is made up of many websites.

Part of: IGCSE Computer Science 0478 — 5.1 The Internet and the World Wide Web — Module 3

Understanding Website and web page in IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1

What it does: One website (www.school.com) holds three linked web pages, each stored as its own file. One article is a single document, so it is a web page. It belongs to the news website. Pages are stored on web servers. The browser requests them and displays them. The relationship goes from site to page: websites contain pages, not the other way around. The browser only views the page. The website's pages live on the web server.

Common mistakes: The heading opens with <h1> but closes with </h2>. Tags must match, so it should be </h1>, otherwise the web page document is badly formed. A link to another page on the website needs the href attribute, not src. It should be <a href="about.html">.

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Learning

Duo

Which statement describes a web page?

A collection of linked documents stored on many serversA single document that is viewed in a browser

Matches

A web page is a collection of linked websites

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The wrong way round: a website is a collection of linked web pages, and a web page is a single document.

Applying

Meanings

Term

website

Meaning

A collection of linked web pages stored on web servers. A web page is a single document viewed in a browser, and the web is made up of many websites.

Practice

<h1>School Website</h1>

Testing

Gaps

<a ="about.html">About us</a>

Check Answer

Spots

2<body>

3<h1>My School Site</h2>

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Quick Questions

1. Which statement describes a web page?

A. A collection of linked documents stored on many servers

B. A single document that is viewed in a browser ✓

A web page is one document. A website is the collection of linked web pages.

2. Which statement describes a website?

A. A single document shown in a browser

B. A collection of linked web pages ✓

A website is made of many linked web pages, such as a home page, a contact page and a shop page.

3. A school has a home page, a timetable page and a contact page, all linked together. What is the whole set called?

A. A website ✓

B. A web page

Several linked web pages together make up one website.

4. You open one news article in your browser. What are you looking at?

A. A web page ✓

B. A website

One article is a single document, so it is a web page. It belongs to the news website.

5. Where are the web pages of a website stored?

A. On a web server ✓

B. Inside the web browser

Pages are stored on web servers. The browser requests them and displays them.

Match the Pairs

website → A collection of linked web pages stored on a web server

web page → A single document that is viewed in a web browser

A website is a collection of linked web pages, so one site can hold many pages → www.school.com: index.html, about.html, contact.html

A single web page is one document that the browser displays from a web server → https://www.school.com/about.html

A web page is a collection of linked websites → The wrong way round: a website is a collection of linked web pages, and a web page is a single document.

A website is one document viewed in a browser → This describes a web page, not a website. A website is a collection of linked web pages stored on web servers.

Key Term

website

A collection of linked web pages stored on web servers. A web page is a single document viewed in a browser, and the web is made up of many websites.

Fill in the Blanks

1. <a href="about.html">About us</a>

Hint: Type the attribute that holds the destination of a hyperlink linking one page to another page in the site.

2. <title>My School Website</title>

Hint: Type the tag name that sets the page name shown on the browser tab.

3. https://www.myschool.com/contact.html

Hint: Type the file extension used for a web page file stored on the web server.

4. https://www.myschool.com/index.html https://www.myschool.com/news.html

Hint: Type the domain name that both pages share because they belong to the same website.

5. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> </html>

Hint: Type the word that tells the browser this document is a web page.

Spot the Error

Question 1

A <html>

B <body>

C <h1>My School Site</h2>

D </body>

E </html>

Line C — The heading opens with <h1> but closes with </h2>. Tags must match, so it should be </h1>, otherwise the web page document is badly formed.

Question 2

A <html>

B <body>

C <a src="about.html">About</a>

D </body>

E </html>

Line C — A link to another page on the website needs the href attribute, not src. It should be <a href="about.html">.

Question 3

A <html>

B <head>

C <title>Shop Home</title>

D </header>

E <body>Hi</body>

Line D — The <head> section of the web page must be closed with </head>. </header> is a different tag.

Question 4

A <!DOCTYPE site>

B <html>

C <body>Home</body>

D </html>

Line A — Each web page is a single HTML document, so the declaration must be <!DOCTYPE html>, not site.

Question 5

A <h1>Our Club</h1>

B <a href="index.html">Home<a>

C <a href="news.html">News</a>

Line B — The link tag is closed with <a> instead of </a>. It should be </a> so the link to this page of the site ends properly.

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