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Cronk Consulting can create web pages with both "client-side" and "server-side" scripting. "Client-side" scripting is what most people are familiar with, and includes the JAVAScript animation that is on so many sites. The disadvantage of client-side scripting is that your user must have a JAVA compatible browser. JAVAScripts also often cause your users' computer to crash.

More complicated, but much better, is "server-side" scripting. In server-side scripting the computer on which your web page is stored (e.g., http://cronk.org) does all of the processing and just sends the answer to your customer. This means it will work with any browser, and will never cause a crash. in addition, your customer can't examine the code you used to create the answer, and therefore can't steal it from you.

The advantage of both types of scripting is the ability to dynamically create a web page that is customized for your customer. Another way to accomplish this is with custom programs (sometimes calles CGI). Cronk Consulting can also provide those services. Click here for more information.

Cronk Consulting is fluent with Microsoft's Active Server Pages technology, and the PHP scripting language. Pages that end with .asp are active server pages (e.g., http://www.psych.mwsc.edu/default.asp). Pages that end .php are pages created with the PHP language.

SERVER SIDE INCLUDES

Server Side Includes are another useful feature for web sites that have a lot of redundant information. For example, all pages on consulting.cronk.net have the same menu, logo, and copyright message. Rather than putting that code on every page, a server side include is used to "insert" the menu and copyright message in the appropriate place. Thus, if a change is required, only one file needs to be changed to effectively update every page on the site.