Dynamic website advantages, getting the most from your website
Advantages of dynamic websites:
Much more functional website
Much easier to update
New content brings people back to the site and helps in the search engines
Can work as a system to allow staff or users to collaborate
In an earlier article, we focused on the advantages of a dynamic or static website. This article will go into more depth about what you could achieve with a dynamic website. We get a lot of requests to build dynamic sites, but what exactly is a dynamic website? Simply put, this is a website that has a database behind it which can send and receive and store data between the web page and the database. What this means effectively is that any data that you would like to store, be it your products, your members, your content or anything else can be built up and retrieved at will. If this is done correctly it can make for a useful website, not just for your customers, but also for you. So what kind of things could you do? Here are a couple of examples:
Content management system you have a lot of information about your company such as news, events or products that you’d like to be able to share with the world and update yourself without having to pay for updates this is a classic way to use a dynamic website.
E- commerce site could you sell your products through your website? This may be cheaper and easier than you think to use a dynamic website to update your products and take orders dynamically.
Members database allow people to sign up through your website and manage that information securely online using your administration interface.
Deliver information to a wider audience information stored in a database has more potential for delivering in an accessible format.
Dynamic Extranet use your website to share information, discuss and provide documents in a secure area of your website that only your staff can access.
Bin the paper or the Excel spreadsheet if you currently have an outdated paper based way of capturing and storing information or store things in an offline database or spreadsheet it may be worth considering streamlining and updating this process to make it easier for staff and customers to access this information.
Full Features List:
We can offer the following features:-
* Page Management
* File Collections & Photo Albums
* Search Facility
* User Management
* Multimedia Files Management
* Color Schemes and Font Management
* Header Banner Management
* Contact Forms management
i) Page Management
Easily add pages to your website change using a simple editor their content “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG).
You may embed links and images in your pages. You may also directly write or paste HTML code.
ii) Collections & Photo Albums
You may easily create collections made up from your uploaded files. Your users will be able to easily browse through your collections. The same file may be part of more than one collection. Each collection has a description, an access level and a validity period of time.
iii) Search Facility
Your website will have a search facility so that your users can quickly find the information they need. The search facility looks for pages, photos and files. You can see the quick search option at the bottom of the menus on the left.
iv) User Management
You may easily register and modify user accounts for your websites such that registered users may sign in your website. The first name, last name, title and email may be changed by the user himself.
vi) Upload Files
You may upload any file such as photos and documents and link to them from your pages for your users to see and download. You may give a description to your file to make it search-able. You may also define a period of time during which an uploaded file will be accessible.
vii) Color Schemes and Font
You may choose the color scheme and font of your website. The website comes with a few style-sheets to choose from. However if you do not like any of them, you may create your own style. You get to choose the following:
* The font and its size [here it is Verdana 12px]
* The color of the body text [here it is Black]
* The background color [here it is Very Light Blue]
* The color that separates the header, body, and menu boxes. This is also the color for the page title and menu box title text [here it is Dark Blue]
* The background color of the page title and the menu box titles [here it is Pale Yellow]
* The background color of the header and footer. This is also the background color of links when the mouse hovers over them [here it is orange]
* The color of the Links text [here it is a brighter blue]
* A background image and how it repeats. You may choose from any pictures that you have uploaded. [there is no background image here]
ix) Header Banner
You may change the header banner that appears on every page of your website. This can be done using a “WYSIWYG” like the one used to edit a page. You may embed any image that you have uploaded.
x) Contact Forms Management
The website comes with a predefined contact form through which your users may contact you. The users type in their email address and a query in the contact form. When one of your users submits a contact form, you will receive all the information to your email address.
Static Vs Dynamic websites – what’s the difference?
What are static and dynamic websites?
There are many static websites on the Internet, you won’t be able to tell immediately if it is static, but the chances are, if the site looks basic and is for a smaller company, and simply delivers information without any bells and whistles, it could be a static website. Static websites can only really be updated by someone with a knowledge of website development. Static websites are the cheapest to develop and host, and many smaller companies still use these to get a web presence.
Advantages of static websites:
Quick to develop
Cheap to develop
Cheap to host
Disadvantages of static websites:
Requires web development expertise to update site.
Site not as useful for the user.
Content can get stagnant.
Dynamic sites on the other hand can be more expensive to develop initially, but the advantages are numerous. At a basic level, a dynamic website can give the website owner the ability to simply update and add new content to the site. For example, news and events could be posted to the site through a simple browser interface. Dynamic features of a site are only limited by imagination. Some examples of dynamic website features could be: content management system, e-commerce system, bulletin / discussion boards, intranet or extranet facilities, ability for clients or users to upload documents, ability for administrators or users to create content or add information to a site (dynamic publishing).
Summary
Many sites from the last decade are static, but more and more people are realising the advantages of having a dynamic website. Dynamic websites can make the most of your site and either use it as a tool or create a professional, interesting experience for your visitors.
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