When making your own website, it is important that you have an understanding of the different types of files you will be working with and what they are. In this lesson, I will introduce the common file types to you.

First off, realize that your website is going to be made up of files. These files are no different than the files you have sitting on your hard drive. Whether you have Word documents saved, Excel spreadsheets, photos or any other type of file, they are all just files. The only difference is that the files for your website will be sitting on your web server rather than your own computer. Files come in different types, designated by the filename extension (the 3 or 4 letter extension after the period in a filename).

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