Why can't we make permanent changes with html?

[Innhyu]

This probably is the most fundamental, idiotic question to those experienced but I don't get why.

You did change the value with html, what's the mechanism behind ACTUALLY changing the values of the webpage?
Why don't local changes with html permanently change the values?

Thanks!

[caracarn001]

If you make the changes and save on your local machine, the edits aren't permanent. However, if you somehow manage to make the changes and save on the server, the changes will be permanent (as in viewable to others)

[centip3de]

This probably is the most fundamental, idiotic question to those experienced but I don't get why.

You did change the value with html, what's the mechanism behind ACTUALLY changing the values of the webpage?
Why don't local changes with html permanently change the values?

Thanks!

No worries, we were all there at one time or another. But basically, when your fancy web browser visits a website, one of the first things it does (if not the first thing) is download a copy of the HTML code from the site's servers, so that it can display the site correctly. While displaying the site, it will also execute all server side code/Javascript on that particular website. Anyway, because when you open a webpage (even if you have been there before) you download a fresh copy of the HTML that is on the server, when you alter your personal (local) copy of the HTML, you're the only one who can see it. This is because whenever someone else visits the site, they'll be downloading the HTML from the server, not from your computer. This is also why whenever you alter your local copy of the HTML, when you revisit the site, it appears the same.

[Innhyu]

ohhhh !!!
thank you for the really clear explanation!

that helped a lot

[centip3de]

ohhhh !!!
thank you for the really clear explanation!

that helped a lot

Anytime.

[-Ninjex-]

Exactly what cent had posted.

What you change on your end of the .html copy is all client side, and will not actually change information stored server side; unless of course you can send information to the server.
Which can be done multiple ways such as forms, injections, etc...

My sources:
I worked with several developers for application games on MySpace and Facebook (Mafia Wars, Mobsters, Vampires, Dog Wars, Cat Wars, and Bloodlines), I would tamper with client side information only and allow it to change things or make things happen server side that should not have happened. In most cases, it was via form fields.

[centip3de]

Exactly what cent had posted.

What you change on your end of the .html copy is all client side, and will not actually change information stored server side; unless of course you can send information to the server.
Which can be done multiple ways such as forms, injections, etc...

My sources:
I worked with several developers for application games on MySpace and Facebook (Mafia Wars, Mobsters, Vampires, Dog Wars, Cat Wars, and Bloodlines), I would tamper with client side information only and allow it to change things or make things happen server side that should not have happened. In most cases, it was via form fields.

I don't mean to sound harsh, as you generally post pretty decent information, but the OP clearly said that his question has already been answered, so there was no real need for this post.