https://sustainabledh.org/authors/savannah-scott/Recent content in Savannah Scott on Sustainable DHHugoen-usWed, 20 Aug 2025 09:24:34 -0500https://sustainabledh.org/blog/scott-static-search/Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:24:34 -0500https://sustainabledh.org/blog/scott-static-search/<p>As part of <a href="http://rrchnm.org">RRCHNM</a>&rsquo;s sustainability efforts, we are flattening websites built with content management systems (CMS). In this context, &ldquo;flattening&rdquo; refers to the conversion of dynamic, database-based websites to static, simplistic versions. A flat website is built only with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Flattening websites involves accepting different trade-offs. While the flattened versions save server space and reduce security threats, they lose dynamic features such as queries or user-input. A search function is a key site feature that is lost with flattening. <a href="https://sustainabledh.org/blog/building-static-search/">A static site search remedies this</a>.</p>