When a user is viewing a web site
that is developed using ASP, the pages can change depending on
the actions of the user. ASP code allows you to link your web
pages to a database, where users can interact with the web page
by logging in and using their own personal settings or they can
interactively place orders on your web site.
What is ASP? ASP stands for Active Server Pages. Active Server
Pages are HTML pages with embedded ASP scripts that are
processed on the server before the page is sent to the user. ASP
allows you to create dynamic database driven pages, a user can
access data in a database, and interact with page objects such
as Active X or Java components.
How does ASP work? When you type a URL in the Address Box or
click on a web page you are asking the web server to send a file
to your computer; if the file is standard HTML, then, when your
web browser receives the web page it will look exactly the same
as it did on the web server. However if an ASP file is sent to
your computer from the web server, firstly, the server will run
the HTML code; and then, run the ASP code. For example: the ASP
code could be the current date, or time; and other such
information.
How to find an ASP web host You will need to find a web host who
will host your website on a Windows 2000 server. It is safer to
host your ASP pages on a Windows 2000 server as they are more
stable and most ASP components work with IIS (Internet
Information Services), specific to Windows. You also need to
consider if your web site uses a database (e.g. SQL, Access) and
then make sure your web host provides support for the type of
database your web site uses. |
