[dsoong]

Using static HTML only affect one tpl file, and you can upgrade and back out easily. You don't even need to know Smarty, or PHP. It will also not run slower if you have large number of categories. Most importantly, one can implement/debug a static category faster. The main drawback is you need to change the static file when you add or remove category. You can ask yourself how many times will you do that? If you are using excel to keep track of categories, wirte a fomula to generate the HTML in one column. It will just be copy and paste.