In
case you are not really sure what it is you
are looking for in a web site, and are not
comfortable with the language and acronyms
of the Internet World, here are some definitions
and information:
HTML
- is an acronym for hyper text, multi language.
It is the "language" in which the
Internet sends and receives information. It
is the the publishing language of the World
Wide Web.
SHTML
- The S stands for 'server side include' or
SSI. When an SHTML web page is sent to the
web browser window, it gets assembled on the
server and then sent to be viewed. The normal
HTML tags all still work the same, the SHTML
simply lets you include other aspects into
the HTML page. We use this style of design
primarily for navigation and any static content
our clients might require.
SSI
- A server-side scripting language, or programming
language. SSI scripting commands are embedded
within a web page and are parsed and executed
on the web server to generate dynamic HTML
pages. Common uses of SSI are to include files
(e.g. a header or footer file) that are used
on multiple web pages, or to show the current
date and time.
CSS
- A cascading style sheet (CSS) is a list
of layout commands (also known as rules) that
can assign various rendering properties to
HTML elements. Style rules can be specified
for font style, font size, hyperlink properties,
colors, basic layout properties, and more.
All these rules are collected and merged (known
as a "cascading" of styles) when
the document is rendered to form a single
style rule for each element. Style sheets
allow a much greater degree of layout and
display control than basic HTML language.
Style sheets are also backward compatible
- they can be mixed with HTML styling elements
and attributes so that older browsers can
view content as intended.