Explanations & Technical Information
At Firecurl Design we understand how confusing & sometimes daunting technical talk can be. Below are some explanations which we believe will help you to gain a better understanding of some technical topics we touch on throughout our site.
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Accessibility Explained
Web accessibility is about making your website accessible to all Internet users (both disabled and non-disabled), regardless of what browsing technology they're using...
Browser Support Explained
The sheer amount of browser versions available to users on the web now is phenomenal, each web browser can access your website but may display it slightly differently due to its underlying technologies...
CMS Explained
A content management system (CMS) is a program used to create a framework for the content of a Web site. With most CMS's, the framework can be customized with a "skin" that defines the look & feel of the site...
CSS Explained
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) design is about laying out web pages by grouping and positioning items, and not using tables to present information, but using valid XHTML <div> tags...
Flash Explained
Flash is a powerful technology that should be treated with care, respect & used in moderation when called for. The target audience needs to be researched & strongly considered before Flash is employed...
New Technologies
Almost three million PDA's were sold in 2002 in Western Europe and in 2008 alone there'll be an estimated 58 million PDA's sold worldwide all capable of accessing the internet...
RSS Explained
Since RSS has had a popularity surge, webmasters have been experimenting and using RSS feeds to deliver content in new and innovative ways...
SEO Explained
Search Engine Optimisation is about engineering your website in such a way that it will appear higher in the search engine rankings. 42% to 86% of website's are found through search engines, such as Google, Yahoo and Lycos...
Link Building Explained
The sites linking to you consider your site important enough to link to, the search engines take this into consideration when ranking you & your sites ranking will increase with the more quality links you establish...
Usability Explained
Web usability is about building your website in such a way that your site users can find what they're looking for quickly and efficiently...
XHTML Explained
XHTML provides a document type that can be shared across devices (e.g. desktop, TV, and mobile phones), and that is rich enough to be used for simple content authoring...
Copy Writing for the Web
Web users are active, not passive: One click and they're gone. If they don't see a reason to stay on your site, they'll leave...
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