Comments on: Is Your Site This Dynamic? http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:21:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: ringobob http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-22411 ringobob Tue, 09 May 2006 22:00:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-22411 <blockquote>It looks like hiding the HTML was in their mind when they were writing it.</blockquote> It looks to me like they tried to write a site where all they had to do was copy a page and rename it, then add all of the content in the back-end and not have to bother with making any changes to an individual page. At least, in-advisable as it may be, that would give the most logical reason for code like that.

It looks like hiding the HTML was in their mind when they were writing it.

It looks to me like they tried to write a site where all they had to do was copy a page and rename it, then add all of the content in the back-end and not have to bother with making any changes to an individual page.

At least, in-advisable as it may be, that would give the most logical reason for code like that.

]]> By: csi95 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20323 csi95 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:27:00 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20323 You'd be amazed at how much work I get from clients who have a site like this. Not <em>exactly</em> like this, but coded so poorly that I have to shake my head and wonder "What they heck was this guy thinking?!?" Invariably the client paid next-to-nothing for the site, and the "developer" is now long gone and can't be found. Off to college; out of business; moved out of state, etc. Just proves that cliché -- a little knowledge can be dangerous. And also -- You get what you pay for! You’d be amazed at how much work I get from clients who have a site like this. Not exactly like this, but coded so poorly that I have to shake my head and wonder “What they heck was this guy thinking?!?”

Invariably the client paid next-to-nothing for the site, and the “developer” is now long gone and can’t be found. Off to college; out of business; moved out of state, etc.

Just proves that cliché — a little knowledge can be dangerous.

And also — You get what you pay for!

]]> By: hannson http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20285 hannson Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:42:47 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20285 No, but he could get the php'ed javascript. But I think he meant that usually you shouldn't make static pages dynamic. No, but he could get the php’ed javascript. But I think he meant that usually you shouldn’t make static pages dynamic.

]]> By: Trent http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20254 Trent Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:24:17 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20254 The Daily WTF is always hilarious and depressing at the same time. Incidentally, someone in the Daily WTF forum said the new programmer could just view all the pages and do a View->Source to get the actual code. But I don't think that would help. When you do View->Source, you see the original HTML that the web page sent you, not any modifications that the JavaScript may have done to the DOM. The Daily WTF is always hilarious and depressing at the same time.

Incidentally, someone in the Daily WTF forum said the new programmer could just view all the pages and do a View->Source to get the actual code. But I don’t think that would help. When you do View->Source, you see the original HTML that the web page sent you, not any modifications that the JavaScript may have done to the DOM.

]]> By: hotgazpacho http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20224 hotgazpacho Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:22:45 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20224 <blockquote>However there’s probably some easy extension you can get to view the output of Javascript stuff.</blockquote> Yup, there is: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/655/" rel="nofollow">View Source Chart</a>

However there’s probably some easy extension you can get to view the output of Javascript stuff.

Yup, there is: View Source Chart

]]> By: Hal9k http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20215 Hal9k Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:58:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20215 It looks like hiding the HTML was in their mind when they were writing it. However there's probably some easy extension you can get to view the output of Javascript stuff. It looks like hiding the HTML was in their mind when they were writing it.

However there’s probably some easy extension you can get to view the output of Javascript stuff.

]]> By: MRoderick http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20157 MRoderick Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:27:47 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20157 I've been asked to work on an "Enterprise" site, created just like this. Debugging to find to source of a specific error, took several hours. Eventually the client decided to drop the site and their provider entirely. Perhaps it was due to the enormous expenses for getting even the smallest adjustments made. I’ve been asked to work on an “Enterprise” site, created just like this.

Debugging to find to source of a specific error, took several hours. Eventually the client decided to drop the site and their provider entirely.

Perhaps it was due to the enormous expenses for getting even the smallest adjustments made.

]]> By: BerislavLopac http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20061 BerislavLopac Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:35:26 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/04/26/is-your-site-this-dynamic/#comment-20061 Sounds to me like the site was created by some code-generation software, written by people fluent in both Javascript and PHP... Sounds to me like the site was created by some code-generation software, written by people fluent in both Javascript and PHP…

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