<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Why use PHP-Nuke and not static HTML pages</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PHP-Nuke: Management and Programming" HREF="book1.htm"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Introduction to PHP-Nuke" HREF="c238.htm"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="The Nuke Communities" HREF="x314.htm"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Front end structure: user view" HREF="c381.htm"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PHP-Nuke: Management and Programming</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x314.htm" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 2. Introduction to PHP-Nuke</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="c381.htm" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="WHYPHPNUKE" ></A >Why use PHP-Nuke and not static HTML pages</H1 ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >Because managing large sites with only static HTML pages is dangerous for your health.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Because through the dynamic pages, users can interact (Forum, chat)</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Because through the dynamic pages we can offer value added services (restricted areas, various services based on user classification...) </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Because the information is more easily catalogued.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Because with a few PHP pages we recall a lot of information.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Because keeping the contents up-to-date does not demand particular technical expertise and can be managed by anyone (by Davis Batistes).</P ></LI ><LI ><P >It is the simplest way to to pull over a complete portal, thanks to its open source engine, it allows anyone to implement new modules or to modify and to personalize existing modules. (by Micione, <A HREF="http://www.vizzani.net" TARGET="_top" >www.vizzani.net</A >)</P ></LI ><LI ><P >It is very intuitive and easy to learn (by Anonymous)</P ></LI ><LI ><P >It is easy to modify by those who intend to personalize the program (By Arus)</P ></LI ><LI ><P >It is easy to use by the lesser experts among us.</P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x314.htm" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="book1.htm" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c381.htm" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >The Nuke Communities</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c238.htm" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Front end structure: user view</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >