Key Things To Know About Designer's Work

Valid code?
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sets the standards for HTML code and how it is uesd in web pages. It is entirely possible to make a page that looks ok without using valid HTML code. This is important because browser software is changing and the W3C is trying to bring things together to a universal form. What may be supported in browsers today may not be tomorrow. Neat valid code represents a worker who has taken the time to be update and prefessional. Isn't that what you want?

Check work in different browsers?
Some browsers do not interpret code in the same way others do. A website was turned over to me that looked great in Internet Explorer 7 but looked aweful in FireFox. Needless to say, FireFox is an up and coming browser; a very important one. If the designer does not check in different browsers, a large part of you audience may see a mess.

Give attention to page load times?
Nice graphics look good but too many will cause a page to load slowly. People are not very patient with slow pages now that so many have fast Internet connections. You are in trouble if your page takes too long to load.

Live by copyright laws? This one speaks for itself.

Search Engine Optmization?
Several key pieces of information must be on a web site in order for it to get good search engine placement. Some of these requirements have not been noticed by a number of web designers. I can cite having local business people ask me about optimization after getting a site from a large web design corporation of reputation. Optimization is considered the last step in finishing a web site with Gregswebs. Excellent software is used here to insure that, at least when I turn your site over, at that point it is optimized for better search engine placement.

Your Checklist!

• Know the purpose for my site!
• Know what style and colors I want!
• Have my data organized on paper or in Word Document.
• Know what type of content I want.
• Nice discount for having most of your data ready all at once!