Website Development & Programming | NH, MA, VT, ME
Our website development and programming focus on coding websites, website applications, and customizing and integrating existing applications.
We work mostly with HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Javascript, ColdFusion, and XML.
All websites we build use up to date coding methods. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are used for styles and structural layout. The days are using tables for a website layout are long gone. CSS is easier to maintain and more efficient code. Additionally sites built using CSS for its structure work better on mobile device browsers (cell phones), and the search engines can index the site better as it's not cluttered up with cumbersome table code.
advantages of SErver side programming language vs Static (PHP, ASP vs HTML)
There's very little that can't be done with PHP and MySQL. It is our preferred platform for building websites and website applications. Even a basic website should be coded using a dynamic programming language such as PHP or ASP. These languages are incredibly more flexible than a static language like HTML. A dynamic server side language like PHP or ASP allows a webpage to use a database for dynamic content, allows coding that can control what is displayed, use global include files for common page elements
- Global Include Files: A Huge Timesaver with Global Site Edits!!!!
One of the most important differences we find is the ability to use include files. An include file is simply a single seperate file that contains some commonly use information. Typically used for website headers, navigation menus, foooters, and other common elements that many pages within a website use. The big advantage here is that when it comes time to make change, you only have to update one file rather than every single page within the website. We're talking a 5 minute change vs potentially hours. Without using include files, websites over time will end up with inconsistent design, navigation, and often end up with broken links. Not to mention the wasted time and money with updates.
- Dynamic Content from a Database: Easily Manage and Display Comlex Relational Data
Databases such as MySQL are very common for websites of all levels and often the backend for any website application. The database is a collection of tables, consisting of customizable fields, that can store just about any type of information. Using a database to organize large and growing amounts of content will simplfy an otherwise difficult task of managing the information.
The webpage will query the database looking for specific sets of filtered information and will then be able to display that information on your website. An online store is a good example of using a database for dyanmic content, but there are endless uses for them. Customer management, dealer/retailer locations, collecting and storing form data, guestbooks, password protected areas, and anything else you can imaging.
Visitors on your website will be able to specify search criteria and view filtered results.
Learn more about our Database Driven Web Application Development
- Future Proof the Site: You May Not Need it Now, BUT YOU WILL LATER!
Even if you may not have much need now for it, you likely will in the future. If you're building a new site, use a dynamic language now so you're ready for it when the time comes. We see it constantly. Someone will come to us with an older html site and want implement something that needs php or asp. A large amount of sites still do not use global include files and when it comes time for updates, they end up paying dearly for it. In many cases it would have made more sense to recode the entire site first.
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