beginner need help

Hi Friends,

I am shine . I am a graphic design student . i want to learn webdesign also. I have some doubts about webdesign. what is the difference between static and dynamic websites? . In some websites pages like index.html and some websites pages like index.php,index.asp,contact.php. what is the difference between this two & what is the benefit? how can i do that? pls help me

Thanks & Regards,

Shinesmith

Well....

First of all if it's .html or .htm it's static HTML. If it's .php or .asp (amongst a few) it's a dynamic Server Side Language.

Server Side Language meaning that the page will have say, PHP code written onto it. When the user then request the page from the server, the server will read all that code and carry out. Finally it will strip it out and send back (show the page) in plain HTML. That way the user never sees the PHP code.

Since PHP is basically a programming language this means you can pass your pages variables and change the HTML sent back to the user depending on what they click etc.

It also allows you to read and write from MySQL databases, send e-mails, manipulate images and do loads of neat stuff.

So basically PHP is one of the best languages you can learn. But if your just starting out you have to learn HTML first. Then learn CSS before trying PHP.

Hope the made sense.

Blake