Static sites w/ GS - speed & security. "GetSimpler"

[flam316]

I'd like to discuss the cons and pros of such a scenario, so that I might understand that request better: 1) I doubt that a small static site will load faster than a small xml site ... 6 HTML files <=> 6 XML files, will there be a noticeable difference?

Basically, we are talking about page caching here. Without page caching: Browser requests page --> PHP (parses XML files) --> output HTML (around 300 - 500 millisecond delay) With page caching: Browser requests page --> .html files (around 20 - 30 millisecond delay, which is MUCH faster)

2) in such a scenario: admin-area will be gone, plugins will still work? how to configure image galleries, add images etc.?

These caching plugins usually do not cache admin pages.

3) how to update pages? Start the old story again, with editing offline and upload ?

Once a page is updates, the cache is cleared.