# Web Designing Unit 1 revision checklist

> Check your Web Designing Unit 1 preparation: design principles, planning stages, domains and hosting, static and dynamic sites, W3C and HTML headings, with a self-test.

- Subject: Web Designing, Unit 1
- Published: 8 Nov 2026
- Status: editorial draft awaiting creator review

Work through this checklist after watching the quick revision. Tick an item only when you can explain it without looking at the notes.

If something isn't clear yet, the matching section of the lesson page explains it in more detail.

## Checklist

### Principles and planning
- [ ] I can list all eight design principles.
- [ ] I can put the seven planning stages in order.
- [ ] I can explain why maintenance is part of planning a website.

### Domains and hosting
- [ ] I can explain how a domain name relates to an IP address.
- [ ] I know ICANN coordinates the domain name system.
- [ ] I can explain what web hosting does and how it connects to a domain.

### Static and dynamic websites
- [ ] I can give three differences between static and dynamic sites.
- [ ] I can name technologies used for each: HTML, CSS and JavaScript, or PHP and Node.js with a database.
- [ ] I can say when each type is the better choice.

### Standards and HTML
- [ ] I can explain what W3C does and the aspects its standards consider.
- [ ] I can expand HTML and name its major versions.
- [ ] I can write h1 to h6 and explain the heading hierarchy.

## Choosing a static or dynamic website

| Situation | Better fit | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal portfolio or event page | Static | Content rarely changes; fast and cheap to host |
| Online shop with a product catalogue | Dynamic | Products, prices and stock come from a database |
| Student result portal with logins | Dynamic | Each user sees personalised data |
| Documentation updated now and then | Static | Pages can be rebuilt when the content changes |

## Self-test

1. **Which organisation coordinates the domain name system?**
   Answer: ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
2. **A site shows each logged-in student their own marks. Static or dynamic?**
   Answer: Dynamic: the server has to generate a personalised page from a database.
3. **Which planning stage comes right after writing content?**
   Answer: Coding the website.
4. **Why is it good practice to use a single <h1> on a page?**
   Answer: <h1> marks the main topic of the page. Using it once keeps the structure clear for readers, screen readers and search engines.

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