# Static site

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: static website, static page, landing page, brochure site, static web app

A website made of fixed pages that look the same for every visitor. It has no [logins](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication) and saves no information, which makes it cheap, fast and simple to host.

**For example:** A page describing your product with a photo and your contact details can be a static site. A [dashboard](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dashboard) where each customer sees their own orders cannot.

## Connects to (11)

- [Front end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/front-end): The part of an app or website that people see and tap, running in their browser or on their phone.
- [Back end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/back-end): The part of an app that runs out of sight on a server.
- [Hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting): Renting space on a server so your site or app can be reached on the internet at all hours.
- [Domain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/domain): The address people type to reach your site, such as example.com.
- [CDN](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdn): Content delivery network.
- [Server-side rendering](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server-side-rendering): Building a web page's HTML on the server before sending it, instead of in the visitor's browser.
- [Microsite](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsite): A small website, separate from an organization's main site, built for one event, campaign or product.
- [Content management system](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/content-management-system): Software that lets people create and edit a website's content, such as pages, posts and images, without writing code.
- [Netlify](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/netlify): A hosting platform for websites and web apps.
- [Netlify Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/netlify-forms): A Netlify feature that collects form submissions from a site hosted there, with no back-end code needed.
- [GitHub Pages](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/github-pages): A free GitHub service that publishes a static website straight from a repository.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/static-site