# Static Websites

A static website is built from hand-written HTML files, so the path in a page's URL is the path to that file on the server.

Apprentice · Web Development · Updated October 29, 2026

The pages you built in the HTML and CSS chapter were static websites. A static web application is one where each page is created by hand. To add a new page to your site, you need to add a new `.html` file. Each file is a new resource. This means that the physical path to the file is also the path you see in the browser.

![Website folder and file structure](https://fsdtrainingmedia.blob.core.windows.net/public/images/2026/09/4d51a4539c9646859c03632eeca4a3a5.png "Website folder and file structure")

The resource address: `https://mysite.com/products/tablet.html`.

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