Static Websites
The
closest approximation of a static website is an online brochure. It acts and
feels like a printed brochure you can view through your computer screen.
Remember those days where printing was done using plates? Every time you needed
to change design or text, you needed to create a new plate from which to print
off.
Instead
of using plates, static websites use HTML, the basic coding protocol used by
websites. Each change to a static website requires a person, who knows how to
use HTML, to go in and manually change the code.
Advantages of static websites
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Quick to develop
·
Cheap to develop
·
Cheap to host
Disadvantages of static websites
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Requires web development expertise
to update site
·
Site not as useful for the user
·
Content can get stagnant
Dynamic Websites
Dynamic
websites have far more functionality and flexibility. Their initial set up is
more complicated and uses more complex coding types such as PHP or ASP. However
once it’s been set up, and style sheets have been put in place, managing a
dynamic website is much easier and, with the right Content Management System
(CMS), updating content, or creating new pages, can be done with no programming
skills.
This
means changes can be made as often as you like, new pages, landing pages and
campaign pages can be added when you need them. Relevant calls to action can be
scripted and strategically placed, new deals uploaded when they are current,
old, irrelevant content can be deleted. You can control your own website
in-house using in-house equipment and people. There is no need to pay anyone to make content
changes to your website.
Advantages of dynamic websites
·
Much more functional website
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Much easier to update
·
New content brings people back to
the site and helps in the search engines
·
Can work as a system to allow staff
or users to collaborate
Disadvantages of dynamic websites
·
Slower / more expensive to develop
·
Hosting costs a little more
Example of static websites: http://www.maidservicetexas.com/
d to pay anyone to
make content changes to your websit
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