When you are trying to choose a web host service provider for your website, there are usually a lot of things to be taken into consideration. One of these things to take into consideration is whether or not you should go with ASP web hosting. ASP means Active Server Pages. The Active Server Page hosting allows you to make dynamic web pages. For you to decide on the Active Server Page, you have to know the meaning and the difference between a static and dynamic web page.



A static web page was the first kind of web page to be used on the internet. They are not very common today due to advanced technology. To put in a simple way, static web pages are web pages that do not change at all unless being edited by the owner or manager of the site. No matter how many times you try to refresh the page it does not change. A static web site is also a non interactive web site.

You do not need the Active Server Page if you are planning to have a static web page because you will not be changing information too often. If your home page and other pages remain the same then you do not need an Active Server Page.

On the other hand, if the features on your pages should change often then you will need to have a dynamic hosting. Dynamic web pages are interactive web pages, they allow you to put different things on your web page. You can add features such as adverts and other graphic and multimedia components. The dynamic website allows the web site to change its page based on what the visitor wants through actions. With the Active Server Page web hosting different adverts can be shown on your page every time they are opened. Unlike the static page, each time the page is refreshed, different views of the page will be opened.

Your static pages are viewed online through text files. With the Active Server Page, HTML containing ASP scripts are loaded on your server then delivered to your site for visitors to see. Your web server will access the ASP script before creating the HTML text page and sending it to the visitor. This reason makes the Active Server Page web hosting dynamic.

Active Server Page can be used to display different information on the web site. You can even create a database driven page with the active server page web hosting, or you can even allow them access data through the data base. You can even set up Java components on the web site which will enable your visitors chat.

You can also use the ASP to generate funds through your e – commerce web site. ASP can also be very useful if you are a novice in handling your web site. For you to create an ASP site, you will need to have some basic skill working with ASP scripts.