asp vs html

[mrholt]

I'm redesigning a large site and i'm thinking about making ALL my pages an ASP page so i can use "include file" code to include a page header with my graphics and search box on it. is this a good idea or a bad idea? If it is a bad idea any other suggestions?

Matt:confused:

[webmarkart]

Definitely a good idea... the use of includes are just the tip of the benefits a server side language can provide

[whammy]

That is an EXCELLENT idea. I would read some tutorials first, like the ones I have posted in several recent posts.

But if you do it RIGHT, using ASP (not to mention CSS and other nice tools) means that redesigning your whole website (if the need arises) just boils down to editing one or two files.

As webmarkart said, the include files are just the tip of the iceberg. Using databases you can make a totally dynamic website that requires minimal maintenance.

At the very least, it can save you a LOT of work, since ASP is dynamic, and HTML is just static. ;)

[Eskimo]

For a nice little run through the basics of ASP, I would hit W3Schools.com and look at some of the examples they have.

W3Schools (http://www.w3schools.com)

JavaScript
ASP && ASP.net
CSS
HTML
XML

Plus more.

[whammy]

Probably the best site on the 'net...