Making a choice
Which technology to choose
for your website?
A database is only useful to a big website that has to be updated on a regularly basis and where the web pages have the same structure, especially if the data is re-used in different sections of the website or if the website has to implement a search engine.
For instance, the corporate website that holds a catalogue of its products, searchable by collection, price or key word will benefit from the use of a database. The client has to enter the data only once, but it will be re-used in the menus, the detail page, the search engine, etc.
The use of a database allows an interactive Flash site to have a dynamic content.
The software "Contribute" is especially useful to update certain independent web pages of a HTML website. You can modify information or correct the spelling of your text. The use of "Contribute" can also be of great benefit to change long texts and their layout.
One can certainly use the two technologies together. Each technology will be used to update certain parts of a website.