# S3 Websites

## You can host static websites with S3

* **Static websites are fixed and display the same content for every user and are usually written exclusively in HTML**.

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* **Dynamic websites can display different content and provide user interaction and are a mix of advanced programming and databases in addition to HTML**.<br>

* **Index and Error documents in S3 (both need to be HTML)**:

  * Must configure an **index document (default page) for when the user is not requesting any specific page**.

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  * Optionally configure bucket with **custom error document so that Amazon S3 returns that HTML error document when an error occurs**.

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* **Website Endpoint:**

  * **URL where static website can be accessed**.
  * Can have a **custom website endpoint with Route53**.

* A **403 (Forbidden) error could suggest there are problems with the bucket policy** allowing public reads.