Different Between Static and Dynamic Website?

[SerenMckay]

Hi,

I always confused between static and dynamic website. Can anyone please explain me in simple words with example?

Thanks in Advance

[ritika.patel]

1. Static websites: - static websites contain fixed number of pages and format of web page is fixed which delivers information to the client. There is 110 change in contents of web page while page is running on client's browser. This kind of web sites created from HTML and CSS coding on simple text editor like notepad. Example an organization site, institute site etc.
2. Dynamic websites: - dynamic websites can change the web page contents dynamically while the page is running on client's browser. This kind of websites use server- side programming like PHP, Asp.NET. and JSP etc. to modify page contents on run time. Dynamic websites use client side scripting for prepare dynamic design and server- side code to handle event, manage session and cookies, and storing and retrieving data from database. Example E-commerce sites, online form application, E-governance site, social networking sites etc.

[LisaHandson]

It Simple..
Static:- The content can't be changed because it hard coded in HTML tags. If you would like to change the content you have to change the text written between HTML tags. There is no role of database in these type of sites.


Dynamic:- As the name Admin, or user can write and change the content of site , For eg. Blogs, Quora, FB etc. You have rights to change the content so its dynamic. Dynamic sites depend upon database for their content.

[KateSteel]

Static Web Pages:
Static Web pages display the exact same information whenever anyone visits it. Static Web pages do not have to be simple plain text. They can feature detailed multimedia design and even videos. However, every visitor to that page will be greeted by the exact same text, multimedia design or video every time they visit the page until you alter that page's source code.


Dynamic Web Pages:
Dynamic Web pages are capable of producing different content for different visitors from the same source code file. The website can display different content based on what operating system or browser the visitor is using, whether she is using a PC or a mobile device, or even the source that referred the visitor. A dynamic Web page is not necessarily better than a static Web page. The two simply serve different purposes.

[RH-Calvin]

A static web page (sometimes called a flat page/stationary page) is a web page that is delivered to the user exactly as stored, in contrast to dynamic web pages which are generated by a web application.

A server-side dynamic web page is a web page whose construction is controlled by an application server processing server-side scripts. In server-side scripting, parameters determine how the assembly of every new web page proceeds, including the setting up of more client-side processing.

[michaelstaflin]

Static Web pages are those with content that cannot change without a developer editing its source code, while dynamic Web pages can display different content from the same source code.