asp versus html

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Since I am not a coder, perhaps someone can shed a little light here.

I have a client who site pages have the extension asp. They want to mover their site to a new host and add a couple of pages of content.

The questions are: When signing up for the new host, will asp pages work on any standard server or must it be unix or windows

Secondly, if the client wants to add a couple of html pages themselves, would there be a conflict with the existing asp pages.

Thanks.
-Steve
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  • I don't know much about ASP programming but is a Microsoft product and although it is probably possible to run on a linux server it would probably be a lot more complicating than using it with a Windows server. the link below is on an article about running asp on apache

    PCQuest : Linux : Run ASP Websites on Apache

    You should be able to run HTML files and ASP files on the same site as long as the file names are different. Might be worth storing the files in different locations or folders.

    hope this helps.
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    • If that is the case then, is it an easy thing to convert the asp files to html to avoid hassles?
  • ASP (Active Server Pages) are not static pages like HTML, they are dynamic and require a server capable of interpreting them. As was mentioned earlier this is typically a Microsoft IIS server, but it is possible to run them on Apache.

    You cannot "convert" them to HTML. they could be rewritten in PHP, but that is essentially the same as rewriting the entire web site from scratch. There is no easy conversion method between the two languages.

    Practically speaking the only way to run these is to run them on a server that provides support for ASP.

    Bill
  • most linux-unix web hosts nowadays support running ASP pages, coding them from a developers standpoint there is no difference between windows or the linux port. Except maybe a few minor adjustments for the emailing code.
  • That certainly helps. Now that you have educated me I can advise my client.
    -Steve
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    asp versus html

    Since I am not a coder, perhaps someone can shed a little light here. I have a client who site pages have the extension asp. They want to mover their site to a new host and add a couple of pages of content.