| Introduction I assume that you know nothing about the inner workings of the Internet; maybe you're not even sure how people actually get to web sites, where are the web sites actually sitting, what is the web in the first place? In this article I am going to give you the minimum you need to get your 'feet wet' so that we can quickly get into building web sites. I won't go into painful micro-details that would put all but true nerds to sleep, again there is just enough so that you have a basic understanding of what's going on. External data in HTML documents: HTML documents can include graphics or other types of data by referencing an external file (for example, a GIF or JPEG file for a graphic). Not all these external formats are supported by all Web clients. When the document contains such data, the Web client can send a request to the Web server to provide the relevant graphic. If the Web client does not support the format, it does not request the information from the server. ... |
