A dynamic website is one that changes or
customizes itself frequently and automatically, based on certain criteria.
Dynamic websites can have two types of dynamic
activity:
- Code
- Content.
Dynamic code is invisible or behind the scenes
Dynamic content is visible or fully
displayed.
Dynamic code
The first type is a web page with dynamic code. The code is
constructed dynamically on the fly using active programming language instead of
plain, static HTML.
A website with dynamic code refers to its construction or how it
is built, and more specifically refers to the code used to create a single web
page. A dynamic web page is generated on the fly by piecing together certain
blocks of code, procedures or routines. A dynamically generated web page would
recall various bits of information from a database and put them together in a
pre-defined format to present the reader with a coherent page. It interacts
with users in a variety of ways including by reading cookies recognizing users'
previous history, session variables, server side variables etc., or by using
direct interaction (form elements, mouse overs, etc.). A site can display the
current state of a dialogue between users, monitor a changing situation, or
provide information in some way personalized to the requirements of the
individual user.
Dynamic content
The second type is a website with dynamic content displayed in
plain view. Variable content is displayed dynamically on the fly based on
certain criteria, usually by retrieving content stored in a database.
A website with dynamic content refers to how its messages, text,
images and other information are displayed on the web page, and more
specifically how its content changes at any given moment. The web page content
varies based on certain criteria, either pre-defined rules or variable user
input. For example, a website with a database of news articles can use a
pre-defined rule which tells it to display all news articles for today's date.
This type of dynamic website will automatically show the most current news
articles on any given date. Another example of dynamic content is when a retail
website with a database of media products allows a user to input a search
request for the keyword Beatles. In response, the content of the web
page will spontaneously change the way it looked before, and will then display
a list of Beatles products like CDs, DVDs and books.
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