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| {{For multi|the English Misplaced Pages's home page|Main Page|main screens on devices|Home screen||Home page (disambiguation)}} | |||
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| ]]] | ] (in 2023) is displayed in a ]. The small house-shaped button in the upper left is for the browser's start page.]] | ||
| A '''home page''' or a '''start page''' is the initial or main ] of a ] or a ]. The initial page of a website is sometimes called '''main page''' as well. | |||
| A '''home page''' (or '''homepage''') is the main ] of a ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Home Page? – Definition from Techopedia |url=http://www.techopedia.com/definition/5172/home-page |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Techopedia.com |language=en|archive-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905231003/https://www.techopedia.com/definition/5172/home-page}}</ref> Usually, the home page is located at the ] of the website's ] or ]. For example, if the domain is <code>example.com</code>, the home page is likely located at the ] <code>www.example.com/</code>. | |||
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| The term may also refer to the '''start page''' shown in a ] when the ] first opens.<ref name="freedict">{{Cite web |title=Start page |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Start+page |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com|lang=en}}</ref> | |||
| A home page is generally the main page a visitor navigating to a website from a ] will see, and it may also serve as a ] to attract visitors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smartinsights.com/conversion-optimisation/landing-page-optimisation/home-page-as-landing-page/|title=Home Page as Landing Page examples - Smart Insights Digital Marketing Advice|date=2014-05-23|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref><ref name=wdi76>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Jennifer |title=Web Design: Introductory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IDAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 |year=2014 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1-305-17627-0 |page=76}}</ref> The home page is used to facilitate navigation to other pages on the site by providing links to prioritized and recent articles and pages, and possibly a search box.<ref name=nn>{{cite web |url=http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-ten-guidelines-for-homepage-usability/ |title=Top 10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability |author=Jakob Nielsen |publisher=nngroup.com |date=12 May 2002 |accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref> For example, a news website may present headlines and first paragraphs of top stories, with links to full articles, in a ] that reflects the popularity and recentness of stories.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kalbach |first=James |title=Designing Web Navigation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LC0cG-vFJbcC&pg=PA106 |year=2007 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=978-0-596-55378-4 |page=106}}</ref> Meanwhile, other websites utilize the homepage to attract users to create an account. Once they are logged in, the homepage may be redirected to their profile page. This may in turn be referred to as the "personal home page".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUk7swNT3rQC|title=Building Social Web Applications|last=Bell|first=Gavin|date=2009-09-17|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."|isbn=9781449379414|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| == Function == | |||
| A website may have multiple home pages, although most have one.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schwerdtfeger |first=Patrick |title=Webify Your Business, Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHNNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA151 |year=2009 |publisher=Lulu |isbn=978-0-557-04901-1 |page=151}}</ref> ], for example, has a home page at wikipedia.org, as well as language-specific home pages, such as en.wikipedia.org and de.wikipedia.org. | |||
| A home page is the main web page that a visitor will view when they navigate to a website via a search engine, and it may also function as a ] to attract visitors.{{Sfn|Nielsen|Tahir|2002a|p=7}} In some cases, the home page is a ], particularly when a website has multiple home pages. | |||
| Good home ] is usually a high priority for a website;<ref name="nn">{{cite web |author=Nielsen |first=Jakob |date=12 May 2002b |title=Top 10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability |url=http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-ten-guidelines-for-homepage-usability/ |access-date=4 September 2014 |publisher=nngroup.com |archive-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403052904/https://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-ten-guidelines-for-homepage-usability/ |url-status=live }}</ref> for example, a news website may curate headlines and first paragraphs of top stories, with ] to full articles.{{sfn|Kalbach|2007|p=106}}{{Sfn|Nielsen|Tahir|2002a|p=3}} According to ''Homepage Usability'', the home page is the "most important page on any website" and receives the most views of any page.{{Sfn|Nielsen|Tahir|2002a|p=1}} A poorly designed home page can overwhelm and deter visitors from the site.{{Sfn|Nielsen|Tahir|2002a|p=3}} One important use of home pages is communicating the identity and value of a company.{{Sfn|Nielsen|Tahir|2002a|p=2}} | |||
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| The ] (URL) of a home page is most often the base-level ], such as https://wikipedia.org. Historically it may also be found at <nowiki>http://domain.tld/index.html</nowiki> or <nowiki>http://domain.tld/default.html</nowiki>, where "tld" refers to the ] used by the website.<ref name=url>{{cite book |last=Boyce |first=Jim |title=Windows 7 Bible |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=waCQXe7tuAoC&pg=PA318 |year=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-08127-3 |page=318}}</ref> | |||
| {{merge to|Web browser#Start page|section=yes|discuss=Talk:Web_browser#Browser start page|date=December 2024}} | |||
| When a ] is launched, it will automatically open at least one ]. This is the browser's start page, which is also called its home page.<ref name="freedict"/><ref name="guardian"/> | |||
| If a home page has not been created for a web site, many ]s will default to display a list of files located in the site's directory, if the security settings of the directory permit.<ref name=dir>{{cite web |url=https://support.tigertech.net/directory-index |title=How do I enable directory listings for a folder on my Web site? |publisher=tigertech.net |accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref> This list will include ] to the files, allowing for simple ] without maintaining a separate HTML file. | |||
| Start pages can be a ] or a special browser page, such as ]s of frequently visited websites. Moreover, there is a niche market of websites intended to be used solely as start pages.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2013/nov/07/igoogle-alternatives |title=iGoogle: what are the best alternatives? |first=Jack|last=Schofield|author-link=Jack Schofield (journalist)|date=7 November 2013 |access-date=4 September 2014 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> | |||
| ==Browser home page== | |||
| A home page also refers to the first page that appears upon opening a ], sometimes called the '''start page''', although the home page of a website can be used as a start page. This start page can be a website, or it can be a page with various browser functions such as the display of thumbnails of frequently visited websites. Multiple websites can be set as a start page, to open in different ]. Some websites are intended to be used as start pages, such as ] (now defunct), ], and ], and provide links to commonly used services such as ] and online weather forecasts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2013/nov/07/igoogle-alternatives |title=iGoogle: what are the best alternatives? |author=Jack Schofield |date=7 November 2013 |accessdate=4 September 2014 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> | |||
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== See also == | ||
| {{Commons category|Home pages}} | |||
| In the early days of the ] in the first half of the 1990s, an important part of web pages belonged to students or teachers with a ] account in their university. ] of such systems installed an ] pointing its ] to the directory containing the users accounts. On UNIX, the base directory of an account is called "]", and the <code>HOME</code> environment variable contains its ] (for example <code>/home/my_username</code>). The URL of the home page is usually has the format <code><nowiki>https://example.edu/~my_username/</nowiki></code>.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://help.cs.umn.edu/web/homepage|title=Creating Your Home Page {{!}} Computer Science & Engineering Help Pages|website=help.cs.umn.edu|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> Thus the term home page appeared and then spread to its current usage. | |||
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| A personal home page historically has served as a means of self-portrayal, job-related presentation, and pure enjoyment, giving way to professional advancement and social interaction.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Weibel|first=David|last2=Groner|first2=Rudolf|last3=Wissmath|first3=Bartholomaus|date=2010|title=Motives for Creating a Private Website and Personality of Personal Homepage Owners in Terms of Extraversion and Heuristic Orientation|url=http://cyberpsychology.eu/view.php?cisloclanku=2010053101David|journal=Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace|doi=|pmid=|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref> Owing to the rise of ] sites, personal home pages are no longer as common as during the mid-late 1990s and early-2000s. | |||
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| A ] is also commonly called a home page, although such websites can contain many pages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crowder |first1=Phillip |last2=Crowder |first2=David A. |title=Creating Web Sites Bible |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jR9D2mOimQC&pg=PA16 |year=2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-37259-3 |page=16}}</ref> In Germany the term "homepage" is often used as a synonym for the term "website".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.claudioemnet.de |title=Homepage oder Website in Karlsruhe Deutschland? |author=Claudio Emnet |date=1 September 2015 }}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | *{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Jennifer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IDAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 |title=Web Design: Introductory |publisher=Cengage Learning |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-305-17627-0 |page=76}} | ||
| *{{cite book |last=Kalbach |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LC0cG-vFJbcC&pg=PA106 |title=Designing Web Navigation |publisher=O'Reilly Media |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-596-55378-4 |page=106}} | |||
| *{{Cite book |last=Nielsen |first=Jakob |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48657258 |title=Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed |publisher=New Riders |date=2002a |first2=Marie |last2=Tahir |isbn=0-7357-1102-X |location= |oclc=48657258}} | |||
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| A home page can also be used outside the context of web browsers, such as to refer to the principal screen of a ], frequently referred to as a ] on mobile devices such as ]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/13/2612736/ios-history-iphone-ipad|title=iOS: A visual history|last=Staff|first=Verge|date=2013-09-16|website=The Verge|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 28 December 2024
Main page of a websiteFor the English Misplaced Pages's home page, see Main Page. For main screens on devices, see Home screen. For other uses, see Home page (disambiguation). "Start page" redirects here. For the Windows GUI element, see Start menu. For the Dutch search engine, see Startpage.com.
A home page (or homepage) is the main web page of a website. Usually, the home page is located at the root of the website's domain or subdomain. For example, if the domain is example.com, the home page is likely located at the URL www.example.com/.
The term may also refer to the start page shown in a web browser when the application first opens.
Function
A home page is the main web page that a visitor will view when they navigate to a website via a search engine, and it may also function as a landing page to attract visitors. In some cases, the home page is a site directory, particularly when a website has multiple home pages.
Good home page design is usually a high priority for a website; for example, a news website may curate headlines and first paragraphs of top stories, with links to full articles. According to Homepage Usability, the home page is the "most important page on any website" and receives the most views of any page. A poorly designed home page can overwhelm and deter visitors from the site. One important use of home pages is communicating the identity and value of a company.
Browser start page
 | It has been suggested that this section be merged into Web browser#Start page. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. |
When a web browser is launched, it will automatically open at least one web page. This is the browser's start page, which is also called its home page.
Start pages can be a website or a special browser page, such as thumbnails of frequently visited websites. Moreover, there is a niche market of websites intended to be used solely as start pages.
See also
References
- "What is a Home Page? – Definition from Techopedia". Techopedia.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Start page". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 7.
- Nielsen, Jakob (12 May 2002b). "Top 10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability". nngroup.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- Kalbach 2007, p. 106.
- ^ Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 3.
- Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 1.
- Nielsen & Tahir 2002a, p. 2.
- ^ Schofield, Jack (7 November 2013). "iGoogle: what are the best alternatives?". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
Bibliography
- Campbell, Jennifer (2014). Web Design: Introductory. Cengage Learning. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-305-17627-0.
- Kalbach, James (2007). Designing Web Navigation. O'Reilly Media. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-596-55378-4.
- Nielsen, Jakob; Tahir, Marie (2002a). Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed. : New Riders. ISBN 0-7357-1102-X. OCLC 48657258.
