A static web page is a Webpage  that is delivered to the user exactly as stored, in contrast to dynamic web pages  which are generated by a web application.

Consequently a static web page displays the same information for all users, from all contexts, subject to modern capabilities of a web server to negotiate content-type  or language of the document where such versions are available and the server is configured to do so.

Static web pages are often HTML  documents stored as files in the file system and made available by the web server over HTTP. However, loose interpretations of the term could include web pages stored in a database , and could even include pages formatted using a template and served through an application server, as long as the page served is unchanging and presented essentially as stored.

Dynamic pages are the pages that change dynamically. Dynamic pages can change every time when they are loaded without making any changes. Dynamic web pages can also change their content based on what user do, like clicking on some text or an image. If the information stored in the database changes, the web page connected to the database change accordingly and automatically without human intervention. Dynamic sites are great for image galleries, online calendars or e-commerce etc.

• Using client-side scripting to change interface behaviors within a specific web page, in response to mouse or keyboard actions or at specified timing events. In this case the dynamic behavior occurs within the presentation.


• Using server-side scripting to change the supplied page source between pages, adjusting the sequence or reload of the web pages or web content supplied to the browser. Server responses may be determined by such conditions as data in a posted HTML form parameters in the URL. The type of browser being used is the passage of time, a database or server state.