Editing Home page (section)

{{short description|Main page of a website}}
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{{For multi|the English Wikipedia's home page|Main Page|main screens on devices|Home screen||Home page (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Start page|the Windows GUI element|Start menu|the Dutch search engine|Startpage.com}}
[[File:English Wikipedia home screen in browser.png|thumb|The home page of the [[English Wikipedia]] (in 2023) is displayed in a [[web browser]]. The small house-shaped button in the upper left is for the browser's start page.]]

A '''home page''' (or '''homepage''') is the main [[web page]] of a [[website]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Home Page? – Definition from Techopedia |url=http://www.techopedia.com/definition/5172/home-page |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Techopedia.com |language=en|archive-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905231003/https://www.techopedia.com/definition/5172/home-page}}</ref> Usually, the home page is located at the [[Root directory|root]] of the website's [[Domain name|domain]] or [[subdomain]]. For example, if the domain is <code>example.com</code>, the home page is likely located at the [[URL]] <code>www.example.com/</code>.

The term may also refer to the '''start page''' shown in a [[web browser]] when the [[application software|application]] first opens.<ref name="freedict">{{Cite web |title=Start page |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Start+page |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com|lang=en}}</ref>