A static website is defined as a website containing all the web pages with fixed content. There is a limitation of content on every webpage. Each and every page of this website is encoded in HTML page viewer software and displays the same as it is to the visitors. These are the modern and basic types of websites and are also easiest to design.
This is not like a dynamic website that required a database or programming software to design a webpage. Because each webpage has its fixed content, therefore, content does not change or is manually created by a webmaster. This is good for small websites, but it makes a large website also by adding thousands of pages which is not easy to maintain.
Advantages of Static Website
- Transfer fast also on slow connectivity networks.
- Good for small sites.
- Quiet developing webpage.
- Easier to maintain.
- Developing cheaper.
Disadvantages of Static Website
- It requires huge cost of running for long time.
- Its function are limited.
- If you want to change something on a webpage then you have to wait until your web designer has time to change it.
- It is also time-consuming, ongoing and expensive because web designer requires training and skills to develop the webpages of this website to maintain websites.
DYNAMIC WEBSITE
In a dynamic website, the content on the web pages can be changed with time depending upon viewers’ preferences, time zone, the language of the viewer, and many other factors. For e.g. the main page of the search engine GOOGLE changes daily according to the occasions, festivals, etc.
There are two scripts that this website has either the client-side description or server-side scription to develop the changing content for the website. This also includes an HTML programming viewer and the guts of the website have been taken care of by both client-side and server-side. The page uses java scripts on the client-side scripting and on the server-side scripting, the script can be run on the program that hosts the page.
Advantages of Dynamic Website
- It is good for long time use because redeveloping is easy.
- In this website content, editors don’t need to have any special editing skills.
- The content of the webpage can be managed easily by a Laptop anywhere in the world.
Disadvantages of Dynamic Website
- Restructuring of this type of website take more time. So, longer slightly time of development.
- The investment in dynamic website is not yet profitable for small industries or companies.
- Also for using this website, Developers need to get technology marketing automation which is hard enough.
RESPONSIVE WEBSITE
A responsive website is a type of website designed to respond or adapt, technology or type-based device used by the visitors to site display. It is the website, we can use on our smartphones or tablets, or even looks good on large screens like LEDs or screens. A site developed with responsive web design prepares the viewing environment suitable layout by fluid, any size of images, proportional grids, etc.
The first responsive website was introduced in 2001 named Audi.com, made by a team consisting of Jan Hoffman, Jim Kalbach, Jurgen Spangl, and Ken Oiling at Razorfish. All the pages on this website have to be reloaded when resized.
Advantages of Responsive Website
- It is suitable to easier viewing in any display either on large or small displays.
- It helps in develop any website with all its webpages faster and faster.
- Also helps in increasing social shares of content in website.
Disadvantages of Responsive Website
- In this type of website, Navigation quality becomes tough to see on small display than on large screens.
- Any old version browser does not meet media queries which is supported on large display screens.
- This type of website take long time to download on the small screen.