Available technology
It is now thought unacceptable for businesses to just have a simple web presence. Customers now routinely access web sites as their first port of call for information and have far greater expectations about what should be provided and accessible online.
Web standards
The following benefits are achieved by web sites which are designed using Web Standards;
- Forward compatibility:
Constructing pages using web standards ensures a site will work across multiple browsers, screen readers, wireless devices and that it will continue to work as new browsers and alternative devices come along. - Improved accessibility:
Allowing a site to comply with accessibility guidelines.
- Reduced markup:
Pages become content rich with far less markup code required to support them. The result, web pages which load much faster and take up less server space and bandwidth. - Separation of content:
The use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allows the presentation of information to be separated from the content. This means that subsequent site updates and re-design is easily achieved.
