Introduction to Internet and Web — Question 8

The components of a webpage can be categorized in two ways:

1. Content wise components — Content wise components of a web page are as follows:

1. Hypertext — It refers to a digital text, which is more than just text as it can include information in various media formats such as text, graphics, sound, images, videos and hyperlinks.
2. Hyperlink — It refers to a link from a hypertext file to another such file. A hyperlink can be in the form of a graphic or text, upon clicking where the linked document opens up.

2. Structure wise components— Structure wise components of a web page are as follows:

1. Page Title — This is a single line text which is displayed on the title bar of the browser displaying web page.
2. Header — This is generally a one or two line text defining the purpose of the web page. It is displayed at the top of the web page, below the address bar of the browser.
3. Body of the web page — This is the section below the header of the web page and it contains the actual content of the web page.
4. Navigational Links — These are the hyperlinks placed on the web page using which we can move to the linked web pages/documents.
5. Footer — This is the bottom section of the web page. This is the section where usually the copyright notice, website contact information, etc. is put.