Coding

Once the design of the website is finalised and the contents agreed, the working website can be converted into the real thing.

Each page has to perform satisfactorily under the majority of operating conditions.  This means in practice, that they must be displayed accurately on most monitor resolutions and by the most popular web browsers - and each must be capable of being downloaded to the visitor's computer within an acceptable time.

Finally, each page must be capable of being rapidly and easily modified so that routine maintenance (such as the addition of new pages and consequent links to other pages) and content alteration does not present a problem.

To achieve all of these aims, it is necessary for each page to be written in 'html' code (a computer programming language designed for the internet). This code is the bedrock of websites because it tells the visitor's browser what to display and how to display it. However, the code is not visible when the page is viewed normally by a browser - only the content.

If you really want to see it, your browser has an option to view the "source code" on the toolbar.