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Revision as of 20:45, 3 September 2014 by Jamesx12345 (talk | contribs) (+)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For other uses, see Home page (disambiguation).A home page or index page is a page on a website. It is the initial or main web page of a website, sometimes also called the front page or main page (by analogy with newspapers).
Website structure
The majority of websites have a home page, with other content pages arranged in a hierarchical fashion, similar to a file directory. A website's home page is often used to provide a dashboard-like view of other pages, directing visitors to key areas of the web site. It may contain a search box to allow users to find files and pages on the site.
The uniform resource locator (URL) of a home page is most often of the form http://domain.tld/index.htm or http://domain.tld/default.htm. However, if the /index.htm or /default.htm is omitted, the server will still serve the page.
If a home page is not specified for a web site, many web servers will default to display a list of files located in the site's directory. This list will include hyperlinks to the files, allowing for simple file sharing without maintaining a separate file.<ref name=url> For example, http://www.example.com and http://www.example.com/index.html refer to the example.com homepage.
Other uses
A home page can also refer to the first page that appears upon opening a web browser, which is also sometimes called the start page, and should not be confused with the home page of a website. 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, and in modern browsers may be highly customisable.
A home page can also be used outside the context of web browsers, such as to refer to the principal screen of a user interface, which is also referred to as a home screen on mobile devices such as mobile phones.
See also
References
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5IDAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76&dq=website+home+page&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FUQHVIqrF8ef7AafooGADA&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=home%20page&f=false
- http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-ten-guidelines-for-homepage-usability/
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=waCQXe7tuAoC&pg=PA318&dq=%22home+page%22+url&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NlAHVKghgdPsBoy8gfgJ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22home%20page%22%20url&f=false
External links
- Example home page: Tim Berners-Lee's home page