What are the advantages of Static versus dynamic Web pages?
The terms “dynamic Web pages” and “dynamic Web sites” can be used in a number of senses, so it is important to clarify the meaning. • The term “dynamic Web page” is sometimes used to refer to pages which contain moving images or scrolling text. Such pages may simply use dynamic GIFs, may use multimedia formats such as Macromedia’s Flash technology or may make use of a language such as ECMAscript (JavaScript) or Java. • The term “dynamic Web site” may also refer to Web sites which provide interfaces to search facilities or backend databases, in which server-side technologies (such as CGI) are used to interrogate databases, file store or legacy systems held on the server and display results based on a user query; for example a Web site which provides access to a library OPAC. • The term “dynamic Web page” may also be used to refer to pages which may be personalised for the end user, either by the end user selecting preferred options or by the system choosing the preferred options based o
