How to check if a web page is a dynamic web page? How to check one if it is a static web page?
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Thanks in advance!
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Hi Andy,
A dynamic design.
Thanks!
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This depends - do you mean dynamically generated content (like search results), or a dynamic design?
-Andy
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the quickest way - resize the window if the website it will try to keep up and the content will try to stay in the window - its a dynamic page. If the website stays the same but the window shrinks (nothing happens on page) then its no doubt a static page.
It' can also be a fun game to see how small of a window you can fit a dynamic site into!
Hope that clears it up for you.
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