Hi,
I have designed scores of websites in the last ten years of my association with the web designing and web development. But, still it’s quite difficult for me to say if a particular platform is the answer to the choice of a website development. When I say platform, it essentially means the server, database, and language that one needs to deploy for developing a website. At the cost of making a clichéd statement, I would say it largely depends on the nature of business, budget allocated for the website development & designing, your targeted and prospective customers and so forth.
My experience as a website developer and designer has taught me an eternal truth – each new website to be built is unique in it requirements and has the potential to throw challenges you would never have faced before. But, that’s the most exciting part of being a web programmer, developer or designer. Like any other areas of learning, web development and designing also teaches you constantly as you go on creating new websites.
Now, I must tell you whatever I really feel when it comes to making the choice of platform designing and developing a website. My experience tells me that most webmasters I have designed and developed websites for are not really aware of different web development & designing platform options and, more importantly, the individual benefits thereof. But, why would they know? That’s the job of web developers, designers and especially, the IT consultants.
But, you should never undermine the importance of choosing the right web platform for your site as you will only be ruing over your decision in the long run if you ever make a wrong choice. Well, let me tell you why.
First of all when you talk about choices of web application platforms, I just can’t help coming up with two names such as .NET and Linux. These two applications are being predominately used all over the world at the present moment for building new websites. Both have their respective edges over the other and limitations too. Having said that, the only way to make a perfect choice of web development platform is to analyze and understand the specific present and future needs of your business operations.
If you are budget-oriented, Linux could be great for you. Some of the most popular scripting codes that can be categorized under Linux are PHP, CGI, Perl, Python etc. Linux is basically, an open source code which is also less prone to virus threat. On the other hand, .NET is one of the Window platform scripting languages among ASP, ASP.NET, C#, C old Fusion and so forth. Talking about the database servers Linux supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase and the like. Windows platform also offer database server options such as MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle which are pretty popular.
Let me illustrate why making an absolute choice between these two is so difficult. For instance, if you wish to develop a discussion board, PHP could be the better pick. Whereas ASP would be a more holistic option for e-commerce application development. However, PHP is also capable of being used in developing e-commerce applications. So basically, the decision to choose either one hinges mostly on your specific business requirements and, of course, budget.
As I’ll discuss on cross-platform compatibility in my upcoming post, you will get to understand more on this since these web tools and applications are all so interrelated, aren’t they?
Friday, December 14, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
A New Identity To Serve You Better
Hi,
Change is the law of nature. Everything in this world is subject to change irrespective of their gender, size or stature. And, we are no different. At Day Robinson Services (DRI), we have come a long way in terms of offering our services in a relatively short span of time. We are going from strength to strength and now, we are going to give ourselves a new identity as well. Yes, Day Robinson Services is now going to be known as LeXolution IT Services. It might occur to you – why this change? Well, like every other company on the surface, we also aim to expand our business verticals by embarking into new business opportunities. It requires some structural expansion and a change of name of the present organization as well.
When we started off in November last year, we hardly knew we would achieve so much within such a short span of time. However, thanks to the consistent, dedicated and smart effort of our high-caliber staff, we have gone places since our commencement. We offer a broad-range of web application and KPO services to many of our off-shore customers across the globe. Now, we want to expand the range of our business operations and add a whole new array of services to cater to the demand of niche market of both web application and KPO services. Our experience tells us that there are many more business opportunities lying which we need to tap.
A new identity doesn’t mean that we will change the way we operate – our level of dedication, plan, strategy, promptness, and performance will all remain as they are. In fact, they will go up as we take up fresh responsibilities. Although, we exist for only one year, we have reached many milestones and set many benchmarks as well. And we will continue our endeavor in future also. The encouraging comments of our satisfied customers propel us to do more and they really stand testimonial to our success. As far as our blog is concerned, we continue to share our innovative ideas with you and expect the same back from our readers as well.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Change is the law of nature. Everything in this world is subject to change irrespective of their gender, size or stature. And, we are no different. At Day Robinson Services (DRI), we have come a long way in terms of offering our services in a relatively short span of time. We are going from strength to strength and now, we are going to give ourselves a new identity as well. Yes, Day Robinson Services is now going to be known as LeXolution IT Services. It might occur to you – why this change? Well, like every other company on the surface, we also aim to expand our business verticals by embarking into new business opportunities. It requires some structural expansion and a change of name of the present organization as well.
When we started off in November last year, we hardly knew we would achieve so much within such a short span of time. However, thanks to the consistent, dedicated and smart effort of our high-caliber staff, we have gone places since our commencement. We offer a broad-range of web application and KPO services to many of our off-shore customers across the globe. Now, we want to expand the range of our business operations and add a whole new array of services to cater to the demand of niche market of both web application and KPO services. Our experience tells us that there are many more business opportunities lying which we need to tap.
A new identity doesn’t mean that we will change the way we operate – our level of dedication, plan, strategy, promptness, and performance will all remain as they are. In fact, they will go up as we take up fresh responsibilities. Although, we exist for only one year, we have reached many milestones and set many benchmarks as well. And we will continue our endeavor in future also. The encouraging comments of our satisfied customers propel us to do more and they really stand testimonial to our success. As far as our blog is concerned, we continue to share our innovative ideas with you and expect the same back from our readers as well.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Friday, November 23, 2007
How To Decide An Appropriate Layout For Your Website
Points to consider while designing the website layout
Simple website layout is not only user-friendly, but also search engine compatible. Complex navigational links built out of complex scripts or images are not properly viewed in different browsers. Further, search engine crawler finds it tough to crawl your site links if it involves poor navigations. Minimize the bulky images that take for eternity to load. Also, use small icons to attract visitors’ attention.
You should use a standard font size to enable the visitors read the content with ease. If you are using style then you can keep the font size between 11 to 12 pixels. The font face should be professional –Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif are some of the most commonly used font faces. However, you should avoid using fancy fonts such as Comic Sans unless the website is personal. Further, ensure that the lines are properly spaced out to avoid clumsiness. Keeping the space around 12 pixels will help.
Use web-safe colors that are pleasing to eyes. Using loud colors with an outlandish combination ensures the visitors vanish in no time. The choice of colors is crucial and reflects the image of your site. As a webmaster or designer you might go with your own choice; however, it is much wiser to request others for their feedbacks on the same before making your site live.
Keep track of the dimension of the webpages. Limit the width and height of the webpages in such a way that the most vital part of the content lies within the top 600 x 600 viewable area without scrolling. If you want to avoid a horizontal scrollbar, set the page layout to expand and shrink with changes in browser window size. This often interferes with the image and text positions relative to each other and throws the layout structure out of sync. Ideally, the best practice is to limit the width by placing a table with a fixed width of 750 or 775 pixels. Make sure the page height is not more than 4 scroll lengths. Try to limit the content of the page; however, if more content is required then move it to the new webpage offering a navigation link to the next page and a link back from the next page. It not only facilitates greater page views but also allows you do add more advertising space.
World Wide Wait!!!
Typically, a webpage is defined by the total size of the text and the number of images and supporting files including java scripts, flash etc. that are downloadable from the server. Page size is critical from the loading standpoint as high volume of website requires high bandwidth net speed to load faster. Research says that most visitors leave sites that take longer than 8seconds to load. It should be ensured that the volume of webpages should be kept to minimum so that they download faster from the server. This is because most people net users around the world use slow modem of 56k to access the internet. Successful websites such as Google and Yahoo! do not have very high volume pages or too many images making their sites load faster. There is a trade-off between making your webpages look nicer by using graphics and making it load faster as well. Ensure that the volume of the cover page is below 35k. However, this may not be feasible for the e-commerce sites as they have to present multiple product images.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Friday, November 16, 2007
Developing and Designing A Website – Know The Techniques Inside-out
Well, we are celebrating the anniversary of our organization, Day Robinson Services on Wednesday (14th of November) and there couldn’t have any better occasion to tell you how we have come this far. We have designed and developed many robust websites for our clients adding value to their business and helping them boost their revenue model. I must tell you that it feels really wonderful to be appreciated for your efforts and association with your clients. Indeed, a great deal of commitment & hard work has made us reach this milestone.
Developing and designing a website is akin to developing a business – both require comprehensive analysis, thorough planning, expertise in your field and execution of well-devised strategies. Let’s take a look what the basic components of developing a websites are:
- Clean Site Lay-out Design
- Choosing the Appropriate Web Technology For Your Website
- Browser Compatibility or Cross-platform Compatibility
- Good Resolution
- Search-engine friendly
- Fast Loading
Clean Site Lay-out Design
Forget about the clichéd maxim, “beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”! If your website doesn’t have a clean lay-out design, rest assured to lose visitors big time. A lay-out design smeared with crimson color will hardly soothe the visitors’ eyes. Besides, you can’t expect your visitors to patiently put up with a lengthy webpage and click on the link that is placed literally at the rock bottom of a seemingly unfathomable webpage. If you know what I’m talking about, it is safe to dispense with any loud color, cluttered look and lengthy description of website content. After all, they say, “God lies in cleanliness”.
Choosing the Appropriate Web Technology For Your Website
You can use any programming language depending on your specific requirements. However, only a professional designer would tell you what difference they make when they are used in isolation. If you look ten years back, websites were being developed largely on html or dhtml. But as we know, php, .net and the like have changed the face of website development. They have made websites incredibly efficient, dynamic, feature rich and visitor-friendly.
Browser Compatibility or Cross-platform Compatibility
Interestingly, there are many webmasters who have been running their business for quite a few years but, they do not know that different browsers behave differently. There are sites that are compatible with Internet Explorer but not with Fireforx and vice versa. Though most people are using Internet Explorer around the world, you should develop your site on a platform so that it becomes compatible to almost all frequently used browsers.
Good Resolution
No matter how much effort you have put in to make the website look attractive, all will go in vain if you ignore the resolution part. The developer has to make sure that the site being developed does not lose its style or layout when being viewed on screens with different resolutions. It is always safe to use larger resolution while developing a website. Modern websites can be compatible with the resolutions screen like 1024 X 768, 800x600 with the help of cascading style sheet.
Search-engine friendly
Unless you are developing a website for social cause having no commercial objective in your mind, you should ensure that you have conformed to all the principles of search engine optimization. Visibility is the sole objective in online business. There is no point in making a good-looking website that is not visible to your prospective online buyers. For instance, many believe that using Java scrip hurts the SEO process. However, no one is asking you to make a complete sacrifice. You can always strike a healthy balance between satisfying the SEO criteria and making your site interactive and visually appealing.
Fast Loading
Do not test the patience of your visitors by offering them a website that takes forever to load on their computer browsers. By doing this you are doing a world of favor to your competitor and giving your visitors a very good reason to move on to the next link on the SERPs. Many websites have been found committing suicidal attempt of abusing Flash and Frames on their websites. Make sure your pages load faster than your visitors vanish out of sheer frustration.
Actually, it’s not so tough to design and develop a website. Neither is it tougher to make your business a success. All you need is expertise in your field to stay afloat in the sea of competitive marketing. No kidding – our expertise in web designing and web development has helped us sustained ourselves. We wouldn’t probably be here to celebrate the anniversary of our organization otherwise.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Developing and designing a website is akin to developing a business – both require comprehensive analysis, thorough planning, expertise in your field and execution of well-devised strategies. Let’s take a look what the basic components of developing a websites are:
- Clean Site Lay-out Design
- Choosing the Appropriate Web Technology For Your Website
- Browser Compatibility or Cross-platform Compatibility
- Good Resolution
- Search-engine friendly
- Fast Loading
Clean Site Lay-out Design
Forget about the clichéd maxim, “beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”! If your website doesn’t have a clean lay-out design, rest assured to lose visitors big time. A lay-out design smeared with crimson color will hardly soothe the visitors’ eyes. Besides, you can’t expect your visitors to patiently put up with a lengthy webpage and click on the link that is placed literally at the rock bottom of a seemingly unfathomable webpage. If you know what I’m talking about, it is safe to dispense with any loud color, cluttered look and lengthy description of website content. After all, they say, “God lies in cleanliness”.
Choosing the Appropriate Web Technology For Your Website
You can use any programming language depending on your specific requirements. However, only a professional designer would tell you what difference they make when they are used in isolation. If you look ten years back, websites were being developed largely on html or dhtml. But as we know, php, .net and the like have changed the face of website development. They have made websites incredibly efficient, dynamic, feature rich and visitor-friendly.
Browser Compatibility or Cross-platform Compatibility
Interestingly, there are many webmasters who have been running their business for quite a few years but, they do not know that different browsers behave differently. There are sites that are compatible with Internet Explorer but not with Fireforx and vice versa. Though most people are using Internet Explorer around the world, you should develop your site on a platform so that it becomes compatible to almost all frequently used browsers.
Good Resolution
No matter how much effort you have put in to make the website look attractive, all will go in vain if you ignore the resolution part. The developer has to make sure that the site being developed does not lose its style or layout when being viewed on screens with different resolutions. It is always safe to use larger resolution while developing a website. Modern websites can be compatible with the resolutions screen like 1024 X 768, 800x600 with the help of cascading style sheet.
Search-engine friendly
Unless you are developing a website for social cause having no commercial objective in your mind, you should ensure that you have conformed to all the principles of search engine optimization. Visibility is the sole objective in online business. There is no point in making a good-looking website that is not visible to your prospective online buyers. For instance, many believe that using Java scrip hurts the SEO process. However, no one is asking you to make a complete sacrifice. You can always strike a healthy balance between satisfying the SEO criteria and making your site interactive and visually appealing.
Fast Loading
Do not test the patience of your visitors by offering them a website that takes forever to load on their computer browsers. By doing this you are doing a world of favor to your competitor and giving your visitors a very good reason to move on to the next link on the SERPs. Many websites have been found committing suicidal attempt of abusing Flash and Frames on their websites. Make sure your pages load faster than your visitors vanish out of sheer frustration.
Actually, it’s not so tough to design and develop a website. Neither is it tougher to make your business a success. All you need is expertise in your field to stay afloat in the sea of competitive marketing. No kidding – our expertise in web designing and web development has helped us sustained ourselves. We wouldn’t probably be here to celebrate the anniversary of our organization otherwise.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Factors To Be Considered While Developing A Website
Just picture this – your competitor is running the same business as you; both of you have your own website for your business promotion. However, your competitor is getting more customers than you!!! What does the competitor’s website have that you don’t? I know it must be intriguing to you especially if you are a newbie in the concept of website marketing. But, if you are an average user of internet then you would have come across sites that are less interesting to you than others even though all of them have the same theme, say, buying and selling of real estate property. Surely, there are some aspects that make a particular website stand apart from other websites.
Let’s have a look
Basically, there are two important facets of website development and designing. While the first one is business oriented, the second one is about making the website perfect from all technical and aesthetic aspects.
Conceptualizing A Website
I’m sure you will agree with me when I say that each business is conceptually different from others and, therefore, demands unique treatment. Hence, before you develop and design you website, spending some time to conceptualize it holds immense importance. Some aspects such as defining the nature of your business, identifying your target customers & markets, and chalking out a clear-cut site navigation structure build a robust foundation for your website.
Developing and Designing
Now that you have conceptualized it properly, it’s time go ahead with the developing and designing part. Keep the following technical aspects in mind while developing and designing the website.
Technical Aspects
When it comes to the technical aspects, there are quite a few factors that you need to consider while designing to make it visitor-friendly. They are as follow:
- Clean Site Lay-out Design
- Choosing the Appropriate Web Technology For You Website
- Browser Compatibility or Cross-platform Compatibility
- Good Resolution
- Search-engine friendly
- Fast Loading
Keep on reading our subsequent posts to know more about these aspects in detail.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Let’s have a look
Basically, there are two important facets of website development and designing. While the first one is business oriented, the second one is about making the website perfect from all technical and aesthetic aspects.
Conceptualizing A Website
I’m sure you will agree with me when I say that each business is conceptually different from others and, therefore, demands unique treatment. Hence, before you develop and design you website, spending some time to conceptualize it holds immense importance. Some aspects such as defining the nature of your business, identifying your target customers & markets, and chalking out a clear-cut site navigation structure build a robust foundation for your website.
Developing and Designing
Now that you have conceptualized it properly, it’s time go ahead with the developing and designing part. Keep the following technical aspects in mind while developing and designing the website.
Technical Aspects
When it comes to the technical aspects, there are quite a few factors that you need to consider while designing to make it visitor-friendly. They are as follow:
- Clean Site Lay-out Design
- Choosing the Appropriate Web Technology For You Website
- Browser Compatibility or Cross-platform Compatibility
- Good Resolution
- Search-engine friendly
- Fast Loading
Keep on reading our subsequent posts to know more about these aspects in detail.
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Have A Website, Run All The Way To The Bank
It is really difficult to imagine a world without internet today!!! I would say there would be very few people who do not know about this amazing innovation, which has affected all the aspects of human life may it be gathering information, finding a provider or promoting a business!
Why some businessmen grow faster than others? Because, they use latest technology and methods that really work to reach the bigger scope of potential customers. It’s true that there are very few people who do not take internet seriously and think it is for the birds, this is because of there shallow knowledge about the potential of internet and how it can revolutionize their business.
Well, you might think, “How a website can have so critically impact on the growth of a business? History stands testimony to many businessmen who didn’t have the foggiest idea of internet, but they still made a millions!!!” I agree with your logic; however, in pre-internet era the competition was relatively far too less and the use of technology was also not very predominant in businesses. Today, a customer may get ambushed every second by the marketing buzz and media hype for a new product or service being launched in the market. Let’s face it - you will fall behind the competition if you are not deploying innovative business technologies that your competitors are using.
If you are an ambitious businessman, but think deploying a website would be a waste of money, then probably you aren’t aware of its benefits. However, before we talk about its benefits, knowing what a website is would be of great help.
What Is A Website and Why Do I Need It?
Website refers to a globally accessible space where you can showcase your products and services for your prospective customers. You can use this space to reach buyers who might be interested in your products & services, talk about the nature of your business, products and services you offer, and much more. In today’s world, with every household having access to computer and internet entire world has become your platform for promoting your business if you have your website. Hence, if you do not have a website you are definitely missing out on potential customers.
You will be amazed to know how a website can change the face of your business. Here it goes:
It offers you an avenue to reach the global market.
It makes your business visible to your prospective buyers
It gives you more space to promote your business at less cost
It enables your customers to communicate with more efficiently, which fortifies your relationship with your buyers.
It makes your business stay open 24/7, 365 days a year.
It offers professional face to your business
It saves you a lot of money you spend on the many traditional off-line marketing costs such as yellow pages, news paper, magazines, leaflets and brochures.
In a nutshell, a website facilitates the growth of your business in a cost-effective manner and increases the scope to expand globally without spending a fortune. Thus it would be right to say that “It gets you more by spending less”.
In the forthcoming posts, we will be talking about various aspects of developing and designing a website. So keep coming back to us!!!
Why some businessmen grow faster than others? Because, they use latest technology and methods that really work to reach the bigger scope of potential customers. It’s true that there are very few people who do not take internet seriously and think it is for the birds, this is because of there shallow knowledge about the potential of internet and how it can revolutionize their business.
Well, you might think, “How a website can have so critically impact on the growth of a business? History stands testimony to many businessmen who didn’t have the foggiest idea of internet, but they still made a millions!!!” I agree with your logic; however, in pre-internet era the competition was relatively far too less and the use of technology was also not very predominant in businesses. Today, a customer may get ambushed every second by the marketing buzz and media hype for a new product or service being launched in the market. Let’s face it - you will fall behind the competition if you are not deploying innovative business technologies that your competitors are using.
If you are an ambitious businessman, but think deploying a website would be a waste of money, then probably you aren’t aware of its benefits. However, before we talk about its benefits, knowing what a website is would be of great help.
What Is A Website and Why Do I Need It?
Website refers to a globally accessible space where you can showcase your products and services for your prospective customers. You can use this space to reach buyers who might be interested in your products & services, talk about the nature of your business, products and services you offer, and much more. In today’s world, with every household having access to computer and internet entire world has become your platform for promoting your business if you have your website. Hence, if you do not have a website you are definitely missing out on potential customers.
You will be amazed to know how a website can change the face of your business. Here it goes:
It offers you an avenue to reach the global market.
It makes your business visible to your prospective buyers
It gives you more space to promote your business at less cost
It enables your customers to communicate with more efficiently, which fortifies your relationship with your buyers.
It makes your business stay open 24/7, 365 days a year.
It offers professional face to your business
It saves you a lot of money you spend on the many traditional off-line marketing costs such as yellow pages, news paper, magazines, leaflets and brochures.
In a nutshell, a website facilitates the growth of your business in a cost-effective manner and increases the scope to expand globally without spending a fortune. Thus it would be right to say that “It gets you more by spending less”.
In the forthcoming posts, we will be talking about various aspects of developing and designing a website. So keep coming back to us!!!
Maneet Puri
Web Developer India
Friday, October 26, 2007
Introduction
Day Robinson Services (‘DRS’) is an emerging name in the fields of Software, KPO and BPO. It would be nothing short of an understatement, if we say we are just another company existing only to do business and earn ourselves a few bucks and a luxurious life!!! Rather, we are an outcome of extreme passion towards learning newer web technologies and sharing them with others for their growth and development in the web world. Money is only incidental – what really pump our adrenaline are our success in helping our clients implement newer technological discoveries in their process and see them grow gradually. Through this blog we strive to address various aspects of having the web presence of your business.
However, for the purpose of introduction, we would add that DRS specialize primarily in three verticals such as Web Design & Development, KPO & BPO Solutions and Event Production. We are located globally with our base in the UKNew Delhi also. A blend of talent and experience, our professionals have delighted our customers time and again. We are well known amongst our clients for our response, commitment, co-ordination, transparency and delivery. and
On behalf of this blog, we attempt to share with you our success and technical knowledge that we have built over years. Similarly, we would be glad to learn new ideas and concepts on web applications that could be useful for us and the rest who visit this blog with an inquisitive bent of mind. Keep on reading our posts which could change the way you perceive web application and technologies.
enjoy learning!
Maneet Puri
Web Design India
However, for the purpose of introduction, we would add that DRS specialize primarily in three verticals such as Web Design & Development, KPO & BPO Solutions and Event Production. We are located globally with our base in the UKNew Delhi also. A blend of talent and experience, our professionals have delighted our customers time and again. We are well known amongst our clients for our response, commitment, co-ordination, transparency and delivery. and
On behalf of this blog, we attempt to share with you our success and technical knowledge that we have built over years. Similarly, we would be glad to learn new ideas and concepts on web applications that could be useful for us and the rest who visit this blog with an inquisitive bent of mind. Keep on reading our posts which could change the way you perceive web application and technologies.
enjoy learning!
Maneet Puri
Web Design India
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