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Thanks for the responses @@BrowserBugs @@cibgraphics I guess the reason I asked is that I've been building quite a few static html pages and I'm pleased with how they look, but it doesn't feel 'slick' enough when I click through the site. A new page loads each time and it seems a bit amateur - but is that what the big kids do? I'm wondering how to get things moving from page to page, or show different content, a bit more smoothly. I've looked at a few jQuery transitions, but I suppose they are also bad for speed...

Can I add to this question? It might help and I was about to post something similar... Can someone explain a couple of things 1.) in general terms, how do contemporary websites change what content is displayed at any one time? For example on this website http://hoverstud.io/about, when you click on a navigation link the top of the page, the menus etc stay put, but the center content disappears, there's a loading animation, and then new content appears shortly after. It's obviously retrieving the information from somewhere when asked to (a click) but I don't really understand the process. Is it all just Java-script? 2.) If not, what languages are used to program that sort of thing? Yeah, probably a newbie question but would be useful, thanks!

Hey guys, artist living in Berlin. Been working in online community positions but I've finally made the decision to knuckle down and learn to build websites properly and with the hopes of eventually moving into work designing the things. Want to get the basic skills up and see what happens - previously been building what I need to in Dreamweaver - gasp. No more...! Cheers...