Developing A Web Site - Part 1
The Internet. What began as a United States Government mechanism to communicate during times of war or catastrophic event, has turned into a way for us to communicate, conduct business and even make purchases. These activities are usually done over a subset of the Internet we have come to know as the World Wide Web.
In the early days, the amount of people who knew how to create web sites was limited. Today, about 15 years since the WWW started to blossom, the amount of people who know how to create a web page has grown, but it is still limited.
“What?” You say? “I don’t believe that.” OK, let me explain.
The advent of HTML Editing programs (both software based, and hosted-web based) has given the misconception that anyone can create a web page. While technically that is true, how effective is that web site. Really, if you have Microsoft Word, or any variation, you can take a document and publish it to HTML, and post it on a server.
I should also point out that not all HTML is created equal. The code that most, if not all, of these programs (especially MS Word) is horrific. While the browsers can read the code, it may not display properly, and it may have a very slow load time due to extra & needless code that is used by these programs.
There are several factors that need to be considered when creating a web page, some are technical, some are from a marketing perspective and others are common sense. An HTML editor doesn’t consider these things, it just spits out HTML.
In the coming weeks, I’ll explore all of the considerations needed when creating a website, and I’ll even show you choose a web designer.
Tags: Web Design, Website
