Websites

Websites

A website is a page or connected group of pages accessible through the internet. Websites can range from simple one-page sites to highly complicated interactive and trading sites. A range of legal issues apply to all websites in relation to:

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creation and development
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maintenance and hosting
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ownership
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content, and
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advertising, marketing and optimisation

Websites are closely related to, but distinct from, domain names, which create the internet’s naming and addressing system. See: Domain names—overview.

Depending on the intended functionality of the website, there may be other relevant legal issues, for example:

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commercial trade (see: E-commerce—overview) or
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social interaction or third party content sharing (see: Digital and social—overview)

Website creation and development

Website developers turn website designs into fully functioning websites ready for live deployment. Developers use common languages to code websites such as HTML, Java, JavaScript, Python, C, C#, PHP and CSS.

Before development can begin, there are a number of practical issues to consider when a new website is commissioned. These include:

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agreeing a clear specification for what will be produced, or at least a process

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