STATIC AND DYNAMIC WEB PAGES

Millions of people visit different web pages every time they browse the Internet. To many of them, a web page is merely a web page. How many people visiting the web page can actually tell the kind of web page they are visiting? I am guessing not many. To some reading this blog, the question may raise. Wait; there are different types to web pages?

Yes. As a matter of fact there is. So what are the different types of web pages and which one is more or less secure?

Static means it is unchanging or constant. Every time a page is loaded in static web pages, it comprise of the same prebuilt content. This means that it stays the same (static) for every viewer of the site. Standard HTML pages are static web pages and they comprise of HTML code, which describes the build and content of the web page. When the HTML page loads every time, it appears identical. The only way the content of an HTML page changes is if the web developers updates and publishes the file.

A dynamic website encompasses information that varies contingent on the viewer, the time when the site is being looked at, the viewers language and other elements. It can comprise of client-side scripting (XML, Ajax techniques, Flash ActionScript) or server-side scripting (languages like ASP, JSP, Perl, PHP, Python) to make the altering content and it can also comprise of both scripting combination. For the basic structure these sites also comprise of HTML programming. Numerous dynamic pages use server-side code to get access to the database information and this allows the page's content to be made from information stored in the database.

Static pages are more secure, less disposed to technology blunders and failure, and easily visible by search engines then the dynamic webpages. Static webpages are the securest method to serve content since there is a zero server side processing or any back end storing data. It is almost impossible to hack or get the server to execute any unplanned actions. The weak part is the web server and not the website itself. The traffic is typically from the server to the client and there is no communication with the server later.

In a dynamic webpage, one of the most common types is the database driven webpages. In this type of web page, it pulls the information from a database. Basically the web page is linked to the database by programming and it pulls out that information into the web page each time it is loaded. Anytime the information saved in the database varies, the web page linked to the database will alter accordingly and automatically. Individual involvement is not necessary. One of the examples of this type of webpages is online banking. Customers enter their user name and password in order to look at their account information. The customers account information is stored in the banks database and that database is connected to the web page with programming therefore allowing one to see their account information. Since dynamic webpages use database and needs Internet login for CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update and Delete) operations, this can make it more secure and more vulnerable.

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