paul smith wrote:
> At 10:35 AM 1/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >You may want to consider the alternative of storing the content of
> >the html pages in the database and generate the "pages" dynamically
> >when requested.
> >
> >Not all sites lend themselves to this, but for those that do, the
> >impact can be dramatic (especially in the creation and maintenance of
> >the content),
>
> Which ones do not?
>
I'm sort of jumping into the middle of a conversation here, so excuse me if this
is off topic.
There are many times when a page should not be generated from a database.
The most common example I can give our the 'legal' section of a site. Once the
lawyer is done with those documents, they'll be changed rarely, if at all. Why does
this group of pages need to be dynamically generated out of the database if it
never changes? What benefit does the database offer it? I believe the answer is no
benefit.
It can benefit from being dynamic (not database driven). By using includes
as the 'navigation bar' and header/footer you don't have to manually change the
page each time you add a new navigation item or modify the graphic layout.
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