Based on what you've said, I wouldn't put a lot of faith in whoever 
advised you about .html & .js.

For starters, giving all your pages the .js extension will make them 
unviewable to your users.  For fun, try to view a .js file in your 
browser.  You'll get a download window instead of a viewable page.  A .js 
extension is usually used for external javascript files that are called 
into your html pages in the header section. 

Secondly, simply adding javascript isn't really considered making a page 
dynamic (some purists might disagree with me ;).  When someone mentions 
dynamic, I usually think of server pages, either .asp or .jsp 
(perhaps .jsp is what you meant to write, particularly given your "to do" 
list?  I really hope you aren't going to do those things with client-side 
javascript.)

WRT mixing .htm/.html files with .asp/.jsp or other files, do whatever 
makes the most sense.  Don't feel compelled to call everything .jsp just 
because someone said so.  For example, I use a lot of .asp pages.  
However, there are a number of pages that don't require any server side 
processing, so I've left them as .html.  A while back the server was 
having problems and guess what, the .asp pages were crashing but the html 
pages were served up just fine (because they require far less computing 
power).

"Santa"


> Hello there

We are in the process of designing a site.  However, Stage 2 and 3 of the
site is required to be dynamic.  We have the expertise in-house to use .js.
Most of the site will be static pages however.  We have been advised that
because we intend to use .js and html, that we best use the extension on 
all
pages as .js instead of some being .html and some being .js

The dynamic pages will be:

automatic email generation
creation of secure site
contacts submission form
form submissions
database use to store links and contracts
keyword search and search using different search variables.

My question is - is there a best practice to follow with regards to using
two types of coding?  What would be the best solution to mix static and
dynamic pages in a site?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Felicia Forbes

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