How to know a website is dynamic or static?

[Glenn Kilpatric]

I came across some websites and I want to know if it's a dynamic or a static site, how to check that?

Does any one know?

 

[Hassan]

A static site is a website that is written entirely using HTML and have no database where as A dynamic website is written using more complex code such as PHP and ASP and store data in database.

 

[ElixantTechnology]

Does content change on the website? Do you interact with the website in ways such as posting comments, having an account, or anything along those lines? Is the page extension anything other than ".html/.htm"? If so, the website is probably dynamic

 

[Hostlumina]

As mentioned above a dynamic site usually has a link to a database or other scripts / documents

A good way to put it:

Dynamic:
Web Server <----> Database/script ----> User Web Browser


Static:
Web Server ----> User Web Browser