Dynamic webpages

I've often heard the term 'dynamic' when describing webpages. What does this mean?

It usually means that a site is not static html (ie. not just html on its own). Dynamic websites are usually those that dynamically update the code depending on certain actions. So a site like this would be dynamic as you have posted a thread which has created an entry in a database. Now instead of inputing all of the the links manually the is a bit of code that says get the first hundred thread titles and make them links to the individual threads. This means that someone can post a new thread without anything having to be changed manually by the admin. This is all usually done with a server side language, such as php and a database like MySQL.

Dynamic sites could also be site that have effects such as fading or shrinking or interactive animations. These sorts of thing can be done with JavaScript and Flash.

That answer your question?

Pete.