Do you have to use HTML programming with asp hosting?
No, HTML programming is used for HTML websites that stay the
same. ASP hosting allows for dynamic websites that change the way
the viewer experiences them--and it uses a different type of
programming.
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Here is an example of what I mean...
ASP page, called: hw.asp; contains the following code:
<%
Response.Write("<p>Hello, world</p>")
%>
NOTE: ASP/Active Server Pages code is surrounded by a open and
close pair of: <%...ASP code goes inside here...%>
Now, when the user types into their browser the URL for that
page...
http://www.somewebaddress.com/hw.asp
...the web server computer will execute the ASP code on the
server itself; then, return back to the client browser the
resulting HTML codes...; so, this is what the user will see inside
of their browser whenever they chose: View Source...
<p>Hello, world</p>
NOTE: They do NOT get to see the ASP code: <%...%> inside
of their web browser at all. This means that because ASP code is
executed entirely server side; thus, it really doesn't matter what
platform calls the page...Linux/Max/Windows...none of these
platforms will need to understand ASP code...instead, they only
need to understand HTML which is being returned back to their web
browser software that called the ASP page: (.asp).