Static Website.

In technical terms, a static website is developed in HTML and CSS languages. It consists of a series of
coded files that are created to represent the various physical pages on the site. These websites are quick
and easy to develop. They are cost-efficient and are the perfect choice for small businesses. A static
website feels much like an online brochure with forms and hyperlinks which enable its potential
customers to view different pages on the screen. The pages on a static website once created will remain
static and cannot be updated or changed without coding skills. That is, if a novice business owner wants
to update certain information on his/her static website, he/she would have to get a website developer to
perform the needful task.

Advantages:

Time-Saving: The biggest advantage of a static website is that it is quick to develop. A professional web
developer can develop a static website much faster than a dynamic one.

Cost-Effective: Unlike a dynamic website, static websites are cheaper to develop. They are apt for
businesses working on a shoestring budget.

Inexpensive Hosting: Static websites can get dedicated servers at a cheaper price and that too with much
ease.

Easy Indexing: Search engines like Google, Bing etc., can easily index a static website as they are just a
series of coded HTML or CSS files.

Fast Transferring: Static websites do not have complex structures like a dynamic website and can be
easily and quickly transferred from server to client without much processing time.

Disadvantages :

Difficult to Change: The biggest disadvantage of a static website is that its content cannot be changed
easily. Any novice cannot update the content. It requires the expertise of a web developer to update, add
or change any content on a static website. All the HTML files would need to be individually changed
even for a slight change made to the website.

Not Good for The Long Run: A static website is not apt for the long run as any business would need to
make a number of updates to be in sync with the latest trends. In order to make changes, one would have
to change each page file again and again which can be consuming a lot of resources.

Limited Functionality: A static website does not offer all the functionalities that a dynamic website can.
One can add text, images, videos, and hyperlinks in the content but other than that, there are no other
special functions that a static website can perform.

Dynamic Website

Adynamic website is developed using advanced server technologies like PHP, JavaScript or ASP to build
more dynamic web pages. By dynamic web pages, we mean pages that are interactive in nature and
dynamically change according to time, geography and user type. Dynamic websites can be connected to a
large database enabling it to pull information as and when required. This helps in creating a more user-
driven page that changes as the user wants. On a dynamic website, the content and information present on
the page changes according to the user commands.

Advantages:

Easy To Update: The biggest advantage of a dynamic website is that it can be easily updated as per the
needs of the business owner. No expert knowledge is needed in changing the dynamic website and any a
single change in the template file would bring the design change in all the pages with that particular file.

Interactive: Dynamic websites interact with the users and changes according to their behavior.

Quick To Responsiveness: A dynamic website can be quickly updated to become responsive to various
screen sizes that was impossible with a static one.

Smooth Navigation: A dynamic website offers a smoother navigation and lets the user jump

Disadvantages:

Higher Cost: Dynamic websites can cost big bucks in their development and even the hosting cost is
high. However, once developed they would not cost additional money for any updates or changes.

Slow Processing: Having a number of functions to perform with complex technology, the dynamic
websites becomes slower to process and load.