Static pages v. Dynamic pages

1. Static web page
   • Pre-built on disk. Just displayed in browser.
   • e.g. file.html
   • Can browse using file://
   • Can incorporate some dynamic elements (SSI, JS)

2. Dynamic web page
   • Not pre-built. Does not correspond to anything pre-existing on disk.
   • Cannot browse using file://
   • e.g. file.php
   • Generated by a program at run-time. Page is the output of the program. Though parts of the page can be pre-built.
   • Program can be on server-side or client-side or both.
   • Server-side program often includes content from server-side database. Site data is stored in database - not in HTML files like file.html.
   • e.g. PHP database-driven website
   • e.g. Wordpress
   • e.g. Search engine results