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1. Static Content Scenario

Jason Nadon

(1)Kingsville, Ontario, Canada

In this chapter, you’ll explore your first web hosting scenario: the static content website. A static website is one that consists of files and web pages that do not change based on user interaction. When a user visits the website, the content displayed to them is static in nature, meaning that it doesn’t change unless the author of that content updates the files with new content to be displayed.

This type of website is the least complex architecture to work with since the assets that make up the site are limited to files. As you progress through future chapters you’ll ...

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