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Website Guide - Web Pages |
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Are there different types of web pages?
Only Two Basic Types
- There are only two basic types of web page:
- Static Pages
- Dynamic Pages
- Everything else is a variation of these two types
Static Pages
- Content is permanently on show, rarely changes & visible at all times
- The pages can usually only be changed by web designer
- The pages physically exist on the server
- Most sites have at least 1 static page - frequently the About Us page
- At one time, all web pages were 100% static
Dynamic Pages
- Content is supplied from an online database or created by a script
- Popular scripting languages are PHP, ASP, CGI-Perl & Javascript
- Database-linked dynamic pages:
- Site owner can keep content fresh by updating database 24/7
- Updates & changes are immediately visible on the website
- Used for shopping sites, blogs, articles, social media, etc
- Pages are created on demand so do not physically exist
HTML & Coding
- HTML scripting language is the bedrock of all website pages
- Latest version, HTML5, is being rolled out over next decade
- CSS - Cascading Style Sheets - add layout and style to HTML pages
- PHP, ASP, CGI-Perl & Javascript provide dynamic facilities
- Javascript is an essential ingredient of every shopping cart website
- PHP is superb at linking with online databases & displaying dynamic content
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