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What is the difference between a 'static' and a 'dynamic' web site? This is a phrase you will hear a lot, and if we don't understand it we are not going to get very far... When building a website, apart from different technologies and languages, the two main approaches are basically static and dynamic. Static means that the information or 'code' that makes up the website doesn't change. It has been crafted to work like a printed document and to be referred to on the web. You will find a lot of brochure sites are constructed this way, and it is not a bad thing as there is some much more that can be done design-wise and in the construction, when we know how it will look consistently in every browser. Dynamic means that the data or content can change 'dynamically'. This content is usually fed from a database or Content Management System (CMS) so when the data is updated, the text and images on the website are also updated. This opens up a lot of options on the business applications of your website, but there are also a lot more variables to consider, and these variables make the design more expensive. Shopping carts and information sites work this way as their content changes frequently and needs to be constantly up to date. In our view, if you are not intending to update the information on your website more than three times a year, it is not worth investing the extra money in making the website dynamic. |
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