A static website, is one form of content within the website that the website is not intended to be updated periodically, and usually is maintained manually by a person using the software editor. There are 3 types of categories of editor software used for maintaining this goal, they are:
1. Element 1 Text Editor. Examples are Notepad or TextEdit, where the HTML changed in the editor program.
2. Element 2 WYSIWYG editor. For example Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver, where the editing sites using the GUI (Graphical User Interface) and HTML formats are automatically generated by this editor.
3. Elements 3 editor who already has a template, for example Rapidweaver and iWeb, which, this editor allows users to create and update the website directly to the web server quickly, without having to know anything about HTML. They can choose the template that match their desires, add a picture or object, fill it with writing, and the instant they are able to create a website without having to look at all the HTML codes.
A dynamic website is a website that regularly, the information in it change, or this website can relate to the user with a variety of ways or methods (HTTP cookies or database variables, historical visits, session variables, etc.) can also by direct interaction with form and movement of the mouse. When the web server receives a request from the user to provide a particular page, the page will be automatically taken from the storage media in response to the demand requested by the user. A site can display an ongoing dialogue between two users, monitor the situation changes, or provide information relating to the user.
There are many types of software systems that can be used to generate Dynamic Web System and Dynamic Website, some of which are ColdFusion (CFM), Active Server Pages (ASP), Java Server Pages (JSP) and PHP, a programming language capable to Dynamic generated Web System and Dynamic Website. Site could also contain information including that taken from one or more databases or can also use XML-based technologies, for example, is RSS. Static site content is also in the generated periodically, or, if there are circumstances where he needs to be returned to its original state, then he will be generated, it is to avoid performing to stay awake.
Plugins are available to increase the number of features and capabilities of web browsers, which, this plugin is used to open content is usually in the form of excerpts from the motion picture (active content) for example is Flash, Shockwave or applets written in JAVA. Dynamic HTML also provides for the user so that he can be interactive and realtime, updating the web page (note; the page that was changed, no need to load or reloaded for the changes can be seen), usually the changes they made using the DOM and JavaScript which is available on all current web browsers.
As written above, outside there are some differences in the writing of website terminology. Although ¨ ¨ Website is generally used, but for the Associated Press Stylebook, Reuters, Microsoft, Academia, and the dictionaries are there, writing that they use is to use 2 words, the Web site. This is because the Web ¨ ¨ terminilogi not common, but short of the World Wide Web.