Static Website & Dynamic Website

Dynamic website is a website that is organized by content and layout that hold a large amount of information. This type of website is called Dynamic because the content can be modified by a special system designed to change the appearance on the Dynamic Website. Websites that are created using server language such as PHP, Perl, ASP, NET, JSP, ColdFusion are examples of Dynamic website. This type of website is perfect for E-Commerce website that requires continuous data update. Dynamic website can be easily maintained by using Content Management System (CMS).

Static website is a type of website that does not allow the content to be altered. Once the website is created and online, static website cannot be change unless it is changed manually by changing the programming language of the website. This causes the website to be less interactive and looks more like an online brochure because the information provided is very limited.

Listed below are the list of the advantages and disadvantages of Dynamic Website and Static Website:

Dynamic Website

Advantages

• More Interactive
• Content can be updated and changed easily
• Use Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
• Uses a programming server to change the data
• Able to use Content Management System (CMS) to change the content of the website
• Website content and website layout are usually separated, therefore the loading for the page is faster
• Able to make use of databases to store the content of the website

Disadvantages

• More complex, and therefore not optimized for Search Engines

Static Website

Advantages

• Easier to program a static website
• Can be viewed directly using a browser without an application server
• Easier for website development using HTML programming language

Disadvantages

• Less interactive website
• Static content, the content is usually not updated often
• Limited interactivity with user
• Not using database
• Not using PHP Programming language for the website

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