Difference Between Static vs Dynamic HTML

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Difference Between Static vs Dynamic HTML

Static HTML means when we put HTML elements (images,paragraphs etc.) in a specific order in the source code. The browser always showed all elements in this order. styling and Positioning was done by tables, div's and such aids. If we wanted to change the positioning or order of the elements, we had to again write the HTML.

DHTML gives a way to re-organize our pages on the fly. we can take some elements out of the natural flow of the page, put them somewhere and change its position again and again by clicking a link.The natural flow of the page is the page as the browser shows it one by one and displays them in the best possible way from the beginning to the end of the HTML document.

Now take an image, and put it somewhere on the page without regard to this natural flow. We can force the image to be in the extreme upper left corner of the page, while the rest of the content is still distributed by the natural flow.

Attach a link to that page, say "Move image to the right". As soon as the user clicks this link, a JavaScript is executed which moves the image, suppose 200 pixels to the right. We can do this at once or make the image move stealthily to its new position. In either case, the other elements on the page stay where they are, only the image moves.

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The  Difference Between Static and Dynamic HTML

- Static HTML is rendered once in the browser and never changed and  Dynamic HTML  may change as a result of conditions in a browser without needing to fetch additional data from the server.

- HTML - Anyone can create with/without errors. Sometimes it doesn't support browsers and DHTML - Every part is defined. it can support for all browsers. with same output.

- HTML  is the actual markup language web pages are displayed in. It creates static content on a web page.
- DHTML is a language, but not a technology. It represents the use of dynamic HTML and its HTML, CSS and JavaScript, together to create web pages, not just a static display, but the content is dynamic response, in fact, be a visitor on the web.