Pages

The pages are the main elements of a web site. We build a web site out of static and dynamic pages.

Static Pages versus Dynamic Pages

A static page does not change when a user makes a request to it. The web server simply sends the page requested without modifying it. The Application Studio compiles a page as HTML if there is no dynamic content in it.

A dynamic page, on contrary, changes depending on the conditions and parameters at the time it is requested. Web server treats a dynamic page differently. It passes the page to an application server which is responsible to process the dynamic page and build the final content.

Dynamic pages are compiled as XSL by the Application Studio.

Naming a Page

When we create and name a page with the Application Studio we do not give an extension to it. We name a page i.e. just "index" not "index.htm" or "index.html".

The file extension of a page is determined during build. If a page is static the extension will be html and if a page is dynamic the extension will be xsl.

The commands related to pages