What is meant by a URL and Home Page?

Question

I've been trying to sign up with Yahoo 360 degrees, but I couldn't save my file because I didn't know what they meant by Home Page. I thought Yahoo was my Home Page, so that's what I put and it came up 'wrong URL' .

Well, I've just exposed myself as hopeless with computers!!!! I only use it for Microsoft Word and surfing the net, so a bit of help would be appreciated.

P.S. What do they mean by avaitor (or something like that!!!!)?

Answer 1

- A URL (Uniform Resource Locator, previously Universal Resource Locator) - usually pronounced by sounding out each letter but, in some quarters, pronounced "Earl" - is the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet. A common way to get to a Web site is to enter the URL of its home page file in your Web browser's address line. However, any file within that Web site can also be specified with a URL. Such a file might be any Web (HTML) page other than the home page, an image file, or a program such as a common gateway interface application or Java applet. The URL contains the name of the protocol to be used to access the file resource, a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet, and a pathname, a hierarchical description that specifies the location of a file in that computer

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci213251,00.html

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/URL.html

HOME PAGE

The opening or main page of a website, intended chiefly to greet visitors and provide information about the site or its owner.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/homepage


http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/home_page.html


Avatar is just describe how u look in yahoo u can make ur own avtar to suit ur personality.

http://avatars.yahoo.com/index.html

Answer 2

The home page is the page that your web browser opens up to when it starts each time. The home page can be any page you like. A URL is is a web address in stands for Universal Resource Locator. It is just another term for Web address.

Hope this helps.

PS
An avatar is a little picture that can represent you online. The little picture beside this answer is my avatar.

Answer 3

After you open your browser, whichever website you want to go is known as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for ex. http://answers.yahoo.com/

Whenever you open your browser, a default website which is already set under the intenet options, opens up is known as Home Page.

The front page, main page or the index page of any website can also be called as Home Page.

But here as you are signing up with Yahoo 360, they are asking for your personal Home Page i.e a specific website or blog which you own and contains information about you.

And please dont ever consider yourself as hopeless with computers, because if you have got real interest in it nothing is impossible.

The avatar question is already answered by Lorelei.

Answer 4

your home page is the website that comes up when you open internet explorer (if thats what you use), the URL is the address of the page in your address bar at the top of your browser

eg the URL of yahoo answers is http://answers.yahoo.com

most likely you've typed it in slightly wrong, it needs to be exact

Answer 5

Hi, your not hopeless with computers...everyone has to learn at the beginning well done for asking for help...i think Paul. M. explained it best...i love my home page my cousin started it for me and i found if i got out of my depth i clicked on the home icon and it gave me a place to feel things were ok...then i changed it.. i've got all my sport links news,addresses,launch cast plus and photo's of my cat and family on my home page and sidebar...good luck with the avatar...look at Paul M's explanation..

Answer 6

You don't need to put anything in as the home page. This is only for those who have their own home page setup in yahoo. You may have one in time, you never know :)

Answer 7

an avatar is a little picture that goes beside your name in internet forums or chats or on journals so people can see what you look like (or just a picture you like)