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Most sites I currently create use an almost exclusive database content (database of widgets etc with reviews and information) with the occasional page of static content, usually introduction pages.
Now I am creating more features and content sites and wondered whether to use a database to store the information in or to just code the pages by hand.
The advantages of the database approach I imagine is that it will be very easy to change the design as it will only use a handfull of tempalte pages (that has been the case with current sites) as opposed to hacing to change a few thousand pages or keep a load with an old design with new pages reflecting a new design.
Also is easy to write a back end admin system to be able to edit articles without the need to ftp files up and down.
The disadvantages are the load on the server and a slightly harder time getting the urls to work properly with rewriting etc.
What I am really going for is are long articles suitable to store in databases?
