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Home >> Articles >> Programming and Scripting >> Remotely Hosted Scripts
Author: Rosemarie Wise
Added: December 31, 1969
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By far and away the easiest option for adding interactivity to your site is to use scripts hosted by other sites. As with anything on the web, there are advantages and disadvantages with using these free services over hosting your own scripts.
Advantages of 3rd party scripts
- Quick and easy to set up
- Easy to use and maintain
- Takes up no space on your server
- Allows easy access to sophisticated and dedicated scripts
- No need to configure or fix the script
Disadvantages of 3rd party scripts
- Customisation options are usually limited
- Banners and adverts may be a condition for using the script
- Difficult to find a script that does everything you would like it to
- Other people can easily set up a rival service using the same script
- It is often difficult to exclude "trouble makers" from using the script you set up
If you do decide to go for the easy option, then there are plenty of hosted script available that can do a wide range of different things, from top site lists to guest books, message boards to form mail. A lot of good free web hosts offer a range of scripts that can be built in to your site and it may be a good idea to make use of them if they don't support custom CGI scripts on their server.
Of course, the free-hosted scripts are only useful if you don't mind them advertising on the pages they create or you aren't too fussy about the look of the page. However, the only way to get full control of a script and make it fully blend in with the rest of your site is to host your own scripts - because doing so will allow much more flexibility with regards to customisation.
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