Dynamic Web pages

A dynamic Web page contains content that is generated when the user requests the page. This content is typically extracted from a database, allowing the store to present the most current information.

An online store typically has many more dynamically generated pages than static pages because most of the store's information changes frequently. For example, products change, prices change, and customer information changes on a relatively frequent basis. A dynamic Web page acts as a template; it contains code to retrieve required information and format the output.

Typically, you create dynamic Web pages for product and category pages, the shopping cart page, the registration form, and the order forms. You can create dynamic Web pages in WebSphere Commerce using JavaServer Pages technology.