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Welcome to the October 2004 Issue of our newsletter for the technically challenged and web site wannabe's.
We feature articles to help guide you through the process of designing, building, and promoting your business
or personal web site. If you know someone who may like getting these newsletters, feel free to forward it to
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In This Issue:
Guess What! Guess What! Girl Geek at Sea
Article: Static or Dynamic Websites and the
“Magic Oven”
Announcement: Maintenance Contract Offered for
Website Updates
Guess What! Guess What!
Girl Geek at Sea!
I recently returned from a business trip (get this)
cruising the Caribbean for a week aboard the Ms.
Zuiderdam, where I gave a presentation entitled, “If
You Build It, Will They Come: Web Design and
Internet Marketing for Coaches.” Can we say
“business deduction?” My survey of the audience
resulted in 12-15 potential future website jobs.
(So, if you’re hesitating about starting your
website, better call me and reserve your space in
the queue.)
And, as if that wasn’t good enough, because the
business is growing so fast, we moved our office to
a larger space. (I’m writing this newsletter from my
screened-in deck overlooking a lake.)
Static or Dynamic Websites and the
“Magic Oven”
I build static websites. The computer programmer
(the “Guy” in “Girl Geek and a Guy”) builds dynamic
sites. No, it doesn’t mean his sites have a winning
smile and more personality and my static sites cling
to you like socks on a sweater in the winter. It
means that there is a difference between how the
sites are created and generated when you see them on
the Internet. Oh, and price. More on that later…..
For a static website, the pages are created on my
computer. I see how the final version will look as I
build it. Those files containing your finished
website are then sent (or uploaded) to a special
computer called a “server” which holds your website
for the Internet to find. Then, when someone looks
for your site on the Internet, the server sends the
pages just as I created them. Nothing changes from
the way I made them look. Thus, they are called
“static,” meaning fixed, sites.
Static sites are more like online brochures,
sometimes with a payment gateway or PayPal shopping
cart attached. The designer can change content and
images, but that’s about it.
Now static sites are wonderful and appropriate for
small businesses and professional services that need
a basic web presence and some interactive
capabilities. However, if you need the BIG GUNS and
a lot of functionality, you will need a dynamic site
with a database underlying it.
A good example of a dynamic website is Ebay.com.
Look at a recent auction for any item and the pages
of the search results will change from day to day,
or they can be reorganized by date, price, or
searched by item name, etc. All that is what I call
“functionality.”
Dynamic websites are written in any one or multiple
codes (computer languages), which look like
hieroglyphics to me. Usually dynamic sites also
include a database that contain the various text and
images of your website. Both code and database are
uploaded to the server. Depending on what a site
visitor asks your web page to do, the server then
creates or generates the layout, content, and looks
of the page from the elements you put into the
database. You can change content and images
yourself from an administrative panel that is built
for your site.
The difference between the two types of sites is
kinda like baking dinner rolls in a “magic oven.” A
static site would be like putting frozen dinner
rolls into the oven (server) and getting the same
hot rolls out. A dynamic site would be like putting
all the ingredients into the “magic oven” and
telling it you want cinnamon rolls for breakfast,
crescent rolls for dinner, and muffins for a late
night snack. Thus the site is “dynamic,” meaning
changeable on the fly.
Well, it's a metaphor...don't know if it's a good
one. You tell me.
A final word: Dynamic sites can do just about
anything – e-commerce, info-preneuring, inventory
management, depending on your needs and budget.
Fees for dynamic sites start in the thousands of
dollars. When you want magic, you pay more for it!
Static sites, unless you want lots of pages and
additional features, are usually in the hundreds of
dollars range.
Girl Geek Web Designs offers a FREE consultation for
anyone wanting a new website, static or dynamic, or
need a major overhaul to their current website. We
also do
· minor redesign work
· internet marketing consultations
· online niche development research
· email newsletter set-ups
· Well-Website Check-ups
· Online assessment automation
Shameless Self Promotion: Email or Call now (well, maybe wait until next week as I'm kinda swamped) for your FREE initial web design consultation and NO OBLIGATION bid for new websites or old website revamping.
Girl Geek Web Designs -ask for Annette
(618) 457-8103
1-877-225-9997 toll-free
Annette@GirlGeekWebDesigns.com
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