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Hi,

Dynamic mode (in conjunction with mod_rewrite) really just means that a site can run via page.cgi (instead of having to build statically)

This has a couple of advantages:

1) No more builds, ever Smile
2) You have more power in the template. For example:

<%if user.Username%>
show something ONLY for users logged in
<%endif%>

The above code would obviously not work with static pages, as the user variables would not exist when the pages are built.

We do all of our site via mod_rewrite, and I've never had a problem with it.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Thread pros / cons static or dynamic or mod_rewrite colintho 12457 Nov 19, 2008, 8:51 AM
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colintho 11927 Dec 6, 2008, 3:50 AM
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