World Wide Web Background

What Is Static HTML

• HTML: HyperText Markup Language.
• A simple(?) collection of "tags" designed to instruct a client browser on proper graphical formatting of a collection of text.
• Allows linking from one document page to other document pages.
• Allows embedded graphics.
• Do a "view source" on this document and look at the underlying formatting and linking code.
• What are the advantages of static HTML?
  • Once written, always written.
  • Incredibly fast.
  • Incredibly efficient.
  • Suprisingly flexible and usefull.
  • Relatively simple to generate effective content.
• What are the limitations of static HTML?
  • Once written, always written.
  • Impossible to customize on a "per customer" basis.