What is Dynamic site?
Also called: Dynamic website
The short answer
A dynamic site builds each page on the server when it is requested, so it can show personalised or constantly changing content.
Dynamic site, explained
Account dashboards, search results and carts are dynamic by nature. Most modern sites mix both: static pages for marketing, dynamic routes where data changes per visitor.
Questions people ask about Dynamic site
What is Dynamic site?
A dynamic site builds each page on the server when it is requested, so it can show personalised or constantly changing content.
Related terms
A static site is made of pre-built HTML files served the same way to every visitor, which makes it fast, cheap to host and hard to break.
Server-side renderingServer-side rendering builds a page's HTML on the server for each request, so the visitor and search engines receive readable content immediately.
Back-endThe back-end is the server-side part of a site that visitors never see: databases, logins, payments, business logic and the APIs the front-end calls.
WebsiteA website is a collection of linked web pages published under one domain name, stored on a server and viewed in a web browser.
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