Static web sites

When is suitable to go for static web site and what's required?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:43:25 +0200

Static web sites use the classical hypertext navigation. Usually they are written in HTML or xHTML. Once the static web site is created and uploaded, its owner needs some web design experience to update the website content and images. Therefore this technology is suitable for small web sites with no need to update the text content frequently.

Advantages

Quick and easy to get done.
Cache friendly, one copy can be shown to many people.

Disadvantages

Difficult to maintain when a site gets large.
Difficult to keep consistent and up to date.
Offers little visitor personalization.

I use HTML and CSS to build the layout for static web sites.