CMS
A CMS is the system you use to change text and images on your own site. What it costs, when you need one and when you do not.
Read more →What is a static website?
A static site is built in advance instead of assembled per visitor. That makes it faster, safer and cheaper to host.
What it is
On a dynamic site — WordPress, say — every page is assembled at the moment somebody requests it: the server fetches data from a database, builds the page and sends it back. On a static site that work is already done. The page sits ready as a file and is simply handed over.
Static does not mean the site can do nothing. Forms, search and animation work as normal; they just run in the browser or through a separate service instead of on your own server.
Why it might matter to you
- Speed: there is no database and no per-visitor assembly, so the page arrives almost instantly.
- Security: no software is running for anybody to attack and there is no login page on the outside.
- Cost: hosting files is considerably cheaper than hosting with a database alongside.
- The price is that changes have to go through a build step — unless you put a headless CMS next to it.
How we handle it
This site is one. Every page is generated from a single content file, which means the two languages can never drift apart and each page is guaranteed a correct canonical, hreflang pair and breadcrumb. That is not a technical preference but the reason a hundred pages can exist without a hundred manual chances to get something wrong.
Related terms
Headless CMS
A headless CMS manages only the content and does not decide how the site looks. What that buys you and who it is overkill for.
Read more →Hosting
Hosting is where your site lives. What separates the types, and why it has to be in your name.
Read more →Not sure which way to go?
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