Classical hypertext navigation occurs among "static" documents, and, for "web users," this experience is reproduced using static web pages. However, web navigation can also provide an "interactive experience" that is termed "dynamic." Content (text, images, form fields, etc.) on a web page can change, in response to different contexts or conditions. There are two ways to create this kind of interactivity:
1. 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.
2. 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, the passage of time, or a database or server state.
The result of either technique is described as a dynamic web page, and both may be used simultaneously.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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