Home page
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This article describes the "entry page"/"home page" of an Internet presence.
- For "internet presence"/"web presence" as a whole, see website.
- For the (user-definable) "start page" of a browser, see Start Page.
The start page of the Internet presence of the ...
- German Wikipedia can be reached at Wikipedia:Main page.
- Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. can be reached at www.wikimedia.de.
- Wikimedia Austria can be reached at www.wikimedia.at
- Wikimedia Switzerland can be reached at www.wikimedia.ch
Homepage (literally "home page") refers to a web page that stands for an entire Internet presence. In a narrower sense, it refers to the page that is displayed as the central initial page of an Internet presence. In a broader sense, homepage is also used to refer to an entire Internet presence and is equated with website.
Homepage as source page
Typically, home page refers to the first page that is displayed when you call up a web address and from which you can call up the other contents of the website. The subpages usually have a link that leads back to the homepage, so that it is possible to navigate centrally from there. The homepage is therefore also called index page, lead page, entry page, main page or start page.
Originally, a homepage was understood to be the HTML file in the root directory of the folder structure that makes up a website.
The start files are usually named index.html, index.htm, home.html, home.htm, default.html, default.htm or index.php. Depending on the structure of the web server, this page is then either the homepage itself or redirects to the actual homepage.
Examples
- When
https://example.comis called, the resourcehttps://example.com/index.html iscalled - both specifications are identical with regard to the called resource (this is true provided that the server is configured to transmit the index.html page in the first case). - When
https://de.wikipedia.orgis called up, the pagehttps://de.wikipedia.org/index.html isoutput to the browser in the same way as the example above. The file index.html is then used to redirect to the resourcehttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite.This resource is also called up withhttps://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Hauptseite.
Questions and Answers
Q: What is the home page of a website?
A: The home page of a website is the document that a web server sends to another computer's web browser application when it has been contacted without a request for specific information.
Q: How does one access the home page of a website?
A: One can access the home page of a website by entering only a domain name in the Address box without specifying a directory or a file.
Q: What is another name for the home page of a website?
A: The home page of a website is also called the Main Page.
Q: What information should a properly written home page provide to a user?
A: A properly written home page should tell a user about the information available on the website, and how to view different parts of the website.
Q: Where can one find the home page of simple.wikipedia.org?
A: The home page of simple.wikipedia.org can be found at this link.
Q: What was Home Page?
A: Home Page was a popular computer application used for composing web pages.
Q: Is the text referring to a specific home page?
A: No, the text is not referring to a specific home page. It is discussing the concept of a home page in general.
