A website is a simple page with some content and links/menu written in Hypertext Markup Language or HTML andonly or with Cascading Style Sheets or CSS language.Common HTML tags can be found here and common CSS tags can be found here.
When you put a link in your browser's address bar and click enter,your browser program ask about the link to the server through internet.Server then looks within the interconnected servers for your link.When the link is found and content returned to your browser and if you want to see the content in a stylish manner then your content page must have HTML and/or CSS.
HTML tags are generally enclosed within greater than and lesser than symbols and can be either in capitals or in small letters(if capital,each of the HTML tag must be in capital and if small then each tag must be in small).The tags are written again after a slash to end the command.As for example Sam will make the word Sam in bold when downloaded by a browser.On the other hand, CSS is nothing but a formatting language which helps to define font styles,types and size of specific section of a content so that HTML tags are not repeated which can make the a web page heavy.And as you know heavy page takes a lot of time to download and also take a lot of your RAM memory.
As their are plenty of What You See is What You Get(WYSWYG) web editors there is no need to learn HTML and CSS.If you know and work with Word you can work with WYSWYG editors.These editors convert your formatting(font size,font-family,background,link design,navigation etc.) that you do into the WYSWYG editors into HTML and CSS code to make a full html web page which you can upload into your server.
To publish your web page into the internet you need a domain and a web host.A domain is an address similar to house address by which people identify a house.When you try to find a website you enter link or hyperlink of the website and when you click Enter the internet starts to search for the site which is addressed by the uniform resource locator(URL) or the link.
In the other hand web host is similar to property you buy for your house.Web host providers are the property dealer or owner from which you had to buy a property and web publisher or webmaster or web authors like us are their clients and a website can be compared to your home.
So,to run a website you will need a property or web host and a address pointing to your website.If you do not want to hire a webmaster i.e. anyone who knows web development and design;you must either learn HTML and CSS language or you have to buy/download a good WYSWYG web editor.
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