by Nick Mares, Dimensions Web Design
Have you ever wondered why your web site isn’t getting better results, in terms of traffic, sales, or whatever you want it to do?
Could it be that bloated web development companies charge thousands of dollars to create cookie-cutter websites using open source platforms wrought from the hard work and good will of the online community?
Or is it the designers who they subsequently hand the actual work to, who have no idea how computers, the internet, and related technologies actually work, and churn out redundant, unimaginative, assembly-line work according to what they learned in a college class?
Or even that they turn around and routinely outsource these projects overseas to underpaid and undertrained technicians?
Or is it the way self-proclaimed experts in the field mindlessly blabber about “Web 2.0,” which to them simply means, “a website which conforms and thus looks and acts like every other company’s website”?
The answer my friends is probably none of these.
The Evolution Theory states that every once in a great while, a change occurs which forever changes the course of a species.
We’ve developed some unprecedented “Flash-Less Flash” and “MYSQL-Less CMS” design techniques to take advantage of fundamental understanding of code to create vibrant, high-performace websites at the component level. Advanced Javascript programming easily surpasses the dazzling interfaces deployed by Flash, while requiring none of the extra software to run, for fast loading speeds and instant access to website content. Hand crafted PHP seamlessly tailors systems just for you, and suited just for your needs, similarly without the bloat and lag of database dependency.
Why “Flash-Less Flash?”
Flash looks amazing and keeps the site visitor glued, if done well. Why wouldn’t everyone want it for their website? Well, many don’t want to have to wait 10 seconds, or sometimes even 30, to see the same animation load and play out every time they access a web page and retrieve some important information. Personally, I want my work related browsing to be fast and efficient.
Dimensions’ unique “Flash-Less Flash” design technology makes unprecedented use of advanced Javascript coding to achieve many of the same effects commonly deployed by Flash, as well as a few new ones, while ensuring that all code is native to the browser, not requiring the extra software to run, for fast loading speeds and instant access to website content.
Flash hinders the functionality of browsers, rendering the back button inoperative for displaying previous content within itself, as well as the copy and paste functions, accessibility, and other native features of web browsing that many are familiar with.
Additionally, updating your content can be an expensive hassle, as you may guess the only people who can navigate and change your content in an efficient manner are the one’s who are familiar with it’s creation. What most readers of this blog want is fully customized support for popular content management systems such as Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress, so that you can edit the website to your liking, without ever having to flag down your Flash designer for that “emergency fix.” We offer and specialize in just that.
Why a custom database free CMS?
1. Speed: The major advantage of a database free CMS is speed. Database queries slow down the servers. On a high traffic website this has a dramatic effect on the speed of the site. A database free website with no server side scripting or database queries is lightening fast.
2. Easy to install/migrate/backup: Setting up and configuring a database for the first install is generally easy. It’s the backing up and most importantly moving sites between web hosts that requires much time and effort. Database free CMS’ on the other hand are easy to backup and migrate. Just pack up your files and FTP them to your new server.
3. Easy to edit: A database free CMS writes files directly to HTML, text or XML files. These files are easier to edit then editing database contents.
4. Simplicity: For a small website, why not take the simple route instead of struggling with complex platforms, which most CMS are? Database free CMS’ are perfect for people who have no coding experience.
Why W3C validated code is important
Can you believe that in this day and age, different browsers read the same HTML code differently? This includes popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. This means that while your web page may appear to you correctly, under your browser, it may be a mess under your intended viewers’ browsers!
The answer is W3C validation. This assures a medium ground under which all browsers agree on how to display the code. Make sure that your web design house complies to this standard not only for XHTML, but also CSS, and Javascript code.
Clean, hand crafted, efficient code
Despite the visual exuberance of our websites, like fine health food, nothing is in the code that shouldn’t be. No shortcuts are taken for the convenience of the coder. Every alphanumeric character is placed for the singular defining purpose of rendering efficiency and accuracy.
If you are interested in this kind of work, contact us through BGAmedia, a leading Marketing, Web, and Events firm.
