quick answer on dynamic stuff is this:
- If you hand code, and have a decent, low-level HTML book (old books are often the best bet for this) it takes a bit more time to set up and learn, and then takes a *lot* less time to maintain and update.
- If you're willing to put a bit of extra time into learning code, especially if you have a coder background, PHP is a much better idea than javascript. It's cleaner, easier to use, and can do more. It also plays with SQL really nicely if/when you decide to include a database portion. If you are serving off of someone else's machine, and they do not have PHP, though, Javascript is still available. PHP, being server-side, is platform independant, while Javascript is oh so very not.
- If you decide that you want to use any sort of HTML generator, understand that you will never, ever be able to go back, short of a complete rewrite. Also, the page will be a lot bigger than it has any need to be with corresponding increases in load time and bandwidth consumption.
Yes, that was the quick answer. Yes, yes I am wordy.
Sirrocco
- If you hand code, and have a decent, low-level HTML book (old books are often the best bet for this) it takes a bit more time to set up and learn, and then takes a *lot* less time to maintain and update.
- If you're willing to put a bit of extra time into learning code, especially if you have a coder background, PHP is a much better idea than javascript. It's cleaner, easier to use, and can do more. It also plays with SQL really nicely if/when you decide to include a database portion. If you are serving off of someone else's machine, and they do not have PHP, though, Javascript is still available. PHP, being server-side, is platform independant, while Javascript is oh so very not.
- If you decide that you want to use any sort of HTML generator, understand that you will never, ever be able to go back, short of a complete rewrite. Also, the page will be a lot bigger than it has any need to be with corresponding increases in load time and bandwidth consumption.
Yes, that was the quick answer. Yes, yes I am wordy.
Sirrocco