Web page

A Web page or webpage is a "page" of the World Wide Web, usually in HTML/XHTML format (the file extensions are typically htm or html) and with hypertext links to enable navigation from one page or section to another. Web pages often use associated graphics files to provide illustration, and these too can be clickable links. A web page is displayed using a web browser.

Saving a web page

When saving a local copy of a web page, the web browser usually allows a choice between:

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• saving the rendered text without formatting or images, and without indicating which words are links or what their destination is
• saving the HTML-file without changes, without images (view the source and save that)
• saving the HTML-file, changing relative links to absolute ones, without images
• also saving the images and adjusting the references to them accordingly; either a separate folder is made (IE, Mozilla) or the same is used (Opera);

Internet Explorer can also save the page including images in just one MHT-file.

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The common web browsers, like Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, also allow you to print the currently viewed web page or optionally "print" to a file which can later be viewed or printed. This has an advantage in that some web pages are specially designed using Cascading Style Sheets, or a separately generated page, to show both the text and target destination of links contained within the web page. Likewise any images are contained within the single file.

Related Topics:
Mozilla - Mozilla Firefox - Cascading Style Sheets

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For a short page another possibility is saving a screenshot (only useful in special cases). This shows links, but not their destination.

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