Static Web Design
Benefits and Concerns of Static Websites
You may be asking yourself, what’s all this about different kinds of sites? “I hear all these different things like ‘static website’, or ‘dynamic website’, or even ‘e-commerce websites’
Static Site Construction
What do designers mean when they say a website is ‘static’? Well, while I can’t speak for every designer, I can help you to get the main idea by explaining how I use the term.
Websites can be built in a variety of ways. One way is to use a language known as HTML (HyperText Markup Language). This language is relatively easy to learn and use for basic web pages. Thus, many, many people are capable of using this method of writing a web page or sit
HTML pages are “static” in the sense that the code – the page in its HTML format – is sent to the web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) as is. The HTML appears to the browser exactly the way it was written by the programmer. After the browser gets the file from the server (the internet computer holding the HTML files), it reads the code and displays the page. No ‘thinking’ or decision making is done by the server or the browser. The summary of serving a static page goes something like:
- The request is made by the visitor of the website
- The server locates the file requested
- Server sends the requested file(s) back to the browser
- Browser reads the HTML and displays the web page
Benefits of Static Web Programming
Since these kinds of pages are easier to build than others, the cost for a designer to build such pages is lower at the construction phase. This is a wonderful benefit for a small business owner that wants to have a simple website in which the content will not be frequently changed.
Additionally, since ‘hard-coded’ static pages are easier to construct, it is often easier for small business owners to find a designer capable of producing these kinds of sites.
Below are examples of HTML Static templates I have created to view the live page use the menu on the left
