Web Design

What is known today as the internet was originally developed to send internal messages for the military between computers but times are certainly changing. With the worlds hunger for more mobile communication devices it is now possible to browse the "net" on handheld PDA's and even some mobile phones. Of course the screens on these devices are much smaller than a computer monitor, which by the way are continually getting larger as prices plummet. Web developers are confronted with the complicated task of designing a site which will display equally well over a broad range of screens and devices. HTML was designed to display data, not to format it in pretty designs and colours. The coding was modified over time to meet designers continual need to produce media rich and eye catching designs but this produced more complicated markup language and what is now considered as "bad" HTML. Clearly a uniform world wide standard needed to be found.
Enter XHTML and CSS. XML is a markup language where everything has to be marked up correctly and was designed to describe data, where as HTML was designed to display data. The combination of the two results in "well-formed" documents. Add to this CSS, a language specifically designed to style and format the data and you have a world wide standard endorsed by the W3CThe World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential., the World Wide Web Consortium. The W3C was started in 1994 to lead the Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.
All efforts are made to produce sites using the above standards which ensures you receive maximum exposure for your internet investment.