Have to disagree with you, Sri. It is simple to create SEO-friendly content-driven web sites with GWT used just for navigation and history. There is no need for a recompile if content changes. I'm working on one like that right now.
If you design it properly, then you don't even need to recompile to add pages to your GWT-driven menu system and without too much trouble, you can even have an SE-friendly site with the information held in a database. Ian http://examples.roughian.com On 2 April 2010 16:19, Sripathi Krishnan <sripathikrish...@gmail.com> wrote: > Entire website in GWT, yes/no ? >> > I would say no. > > There are two types of websites - > > - *Content driven* - which share information. Think blogs, corporate > websites, forums etc. SEO is usually important. And content is almost > always > delivered over http. > - *Interaction driven* - in which the user and site interact closely, > typically involving ajax. Think web apps like gmail, google docs, facebook. > Here, the content is usually specific to a user, and is typically delivered > after login. So, you'd want https, and wouldn't care much about SEO. > > You can build both kinds of websites with GWT, but it really is suited for > the interactive web-apps. For content-driven websites, GWT is an overkill. > You have to do a lot of extra work to make it SEO friendly. Modifying > content will require a re-build, which gets bugging after a point. There are > ways to get around these limitations, but its just not worth it. > > I would recommend you split your website into two parts along the above > lines. For the website portion, use whatever technology you are familiar > with, make it SEO friendly, and deliver it over http. For the interactive > portion, use GWT. That way, you get best of both worlds. > > --Sri > > > > > On 2 April 2010 19:29, Katharina Probst <kpro...@google.com> wrote: > >> Hi Abdullah, >> >> to make your app searchable, you may also want to consider looking at >> http://code.google.com/web/ajaxcrawling. (Note that this only works for >> Google right now). >> >> kathrin >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Abdullah Shaikh < >> abdullah.shaik...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I am planning to have my entire website in GWT, but there a few issues, >>> for which I would like to have your suggestions on. >>> >>> 1) The site should be searchable (SEO) >>> >>> 2) I would need to switch between Http/Https depending on the input I >>> will be taking from the user >>> >>> Any idea how to achieve this ? >>> >>> >>> The other thing I have in mind is, I go with plain html approach, that is >>> use jsp/ftl, put the content there, and have the gwt application in the same >>> jsp/ftl file and fetch the data using DOM to display it in GWT UI, this way >>> the content will be searchable. >>> >>> Is the above approach good or is there any issues with ? also I would >>> need to have multiple gwt applications using this approach for each & every >>> page where I need got user interactivity & UI. >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> - Abdullah >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
