Web business explained

If you are considering refreshing your current website or in having a new site built, it is in your best interest to hire a designer or firm that will build you a future proof site that is designed to web standards.

I first read the term future proof in relation to websites in Jeffrey Zeldman’s book Designing with Web Standards. Zeldman’s premise is simple. Current web pages work in current web browsers, but if you want to insure that your site will work with future web browsers then then building a standards compliant website is the best bet. A good way to think of web standards is as a building code for web pages. Houses built to code are more sound than ones that aren’t. The same can be said of websites. However, unlike building codes that are enforced, web standards are voluntary. (more…)