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It would be the first to admit that there are dozens – hundreds – of web developers out there. But not all programs are the same.
Here, humbly, we present our guide to the programs of the species is the Internet. As many of you recognize? Kiddie Code
These days, schools teach children how to develop a website and how to make a PowerPoint presentation. It is part of the National Curriculum.
Because schools do not always learn? Twenty years ago, the same was done with BASIC. A generation of teenagers think they can write programs that computers are used in the toy and his handful of writing textbooks for basic business and accounting programs – without the benefit of any business or accounting experience at all! A generation of small businesses failed because they were stupid enough to trust these programs running on your desktop toy toy.
And now it's happening again. Teens leave school thinking they know how to program, but really without a clue. Every child has a computer, each adolescent may obtain a copy of Dreamweaver or InterDev, and every teenager who wants a little extra money is suddenly in the business world, attack the Web sites of your bedroom.
Nobody gets a language translation service in French schools. Nobody would dream of offering structural engineering consultancy with no more than high school mathematics. So why on earth schoolchildren up and down the country think they can not program sites with more experience in the classroom?
They have been seduced by technology. The problem is that a modern web browser is very easy to go – for a minimum investment of effort you can get some pretty good animated stuff that looks good as most commercial sites (and in many cases much better). All things are difficult, things behind the scenes, real programming, they have never seen anything like this. Not taught in school (which is very difficult to find evidence of programming), and, of course, precisely because it is behind the scenes, never seen in commercial sites.
For a teenager, the extraordinary sophistication of Bebo and MySpace is exactly what they did in school:
  * In a year of school, we can model a complex database, with a few pages by hand. But there is no database exists, and the site does not scale the way the site is real.
  * In a year of school, you can set fixed formats that seem well in school teams, but fall apart when used with accessibility tools. (See The Loony Graphic Arts)
  * In a year of school, or even think about data protection because it can not learn anything from anyone and is not allowed to say anything, even if he did.
The programmers really did not take these exercises as websites. Real programmers consider models – views that can help understand how the Real website will work, but ultimately useless as screen phones gutless model described in supermarkets. Lego Engineer
Of course, not all adolescents who are naive. There are some out there who understand that a website needs interactivity. And they know exactly how to provide it! Subscriptions!
The way it works is this: instead of integrating the programming that you need in place, others have already done the hard work for you, and incorporated it into their websites. All you have to do is point your site to them, beat some skins, and without – professional immediately!.
It seems that any behavior you want, subscription services are out there.
  * You want to sell stuff? Hire an e-shop!
  * Do you want a lively catalog? Subscribe to a streaming service!
  * Please e-mail? Sign up for webmail!
  * Want to talk about how great you are? Configure your blogspace!
  * You want your client to talk about how great you are? Slots forum!
And the web developer, select only the services of a shelf, slot together like Lego pieces, and – click, snap – the website immediately! Cheap, fast, reliable!
But there are problems with the use of subscription services. What they all boil down to: control. Or rather, lack thereof. You see, when you use one of these services, you have the data, they do. And this means that:
When you need subscriptions
In fact, I'm not saying that all subscription services are bad. Some are really good, and some are almost essential (such as credit, compliance services of the card).
For the websites of very small toys, subscriptions are a great way to move forward quickly and economically.
And they all have a place in your main site is largely beyond their control in any event (as an eBay store – in itself a subscription service).
  * No privacy: you can read all the information we maintain. His responsibilities DPA exit from the window!
  * N. Loyalty: You can change or delete data shown. Sites for an ad routine (often their competitors) on their pages – sometimes right into the content! All services are editing controls to protect them from litigation in any country they are operating in
  * No property: they can limit the ability of downloading or backing up your data. You do not have backups.
  * N. real accountability, any service breaks occasionally. The free services do not guarantee under any circumstances, but to charge for services to close, if you stop paying the costs of both instances, she moves if half of your site disappears!
  * N. Technical strength: These companies regularly make changes to how their websites work. Sometimes, the service drops out of place, waiting for a program to repair and sometimes things go erratic.
Each time you use one of these services, you are given control. Every time my hand on one of your visitors to subscribe, the service now has complete control of what appears in "your" website. At least promote their service with what you mean. Each time you turn a visitor, you will notice the graphics changed slightly, and knowing that we're not in Kansas.
And if you ever want to take the service back under its control, will do everything possible to stop it. If you pay a fee or not – if you do not enroll, do not earn. So they want to keep. Here's why: no backups. Graphic Arts Loony
You might think it is true that a graphic designer knows exactly how to assemble a Web site? At least, one would think that would be able to design a good website? But the curious thing is that some of the worst in the world, at least when using Web sites are attributable to the Graphic Arts Madness!
Most times, graphic designers have complete control over what we are working. They decide the shape and size of the page, in which visual elements are placed as working with text images, even as the shine on the paper can be controlled. They work hard to achieve a harmonious, efficient design of the page.
When graphic designers to start designing web sites that adopt the same approach – to do exactly what has been taught to do in art school. But a website is not the same as a piece of paper. The designer has no control over the size or shape of the window, the viewer does. In fact, the designer can not even control the size of the text, because the page can be accessed by a user with visual impairment, which has the text size to large, or even a standard user in squint view a cell phone. It might even be completely blind, and using a voice synthesizer to read the page for him. And even without these difficulties, the designer has no control over what software is using the viewfinder – all browser pages are shown in a slightly different way.
And so the crazy designer takes the first of his two great errors. It's about taking control of the visitor's computer. It creates a rigid structure that requires the entire surface of a high-resolution screen. It's nice, sure, but is inflexible, and on board. So when users do not automatically use the full screen of your upset, mad arrogance gives instructions: "Best viewed with a resolution of 1280×1024 in firebrick to sunlight in the afternoon." Is replaced (which can not control), with small picture elements (which can, but can not). If all I have is the angle of the screen of a computer, or are using a mobile phone or contact lenses have gone all blurry, what should you do? I think the designer would have thought that the economy did not deceive, it is your creation – you should find a place to browse WAP ugly, instead!
The second mistake is a great camouflage. Functionality and meaning (the one in the field of design called "affordances") is sacrificed for design integrity. Offers crazy buttons that look like buttons, images that do, and all kinds of thingumajigs it only makes sense once you understand how the website. The website looks great, but do not tell how to use it. Therefore not used.
And above all, is the core of asylum error. A graphic designer is only interested in the display of hardcore. For him, it is interesting surface. But a visitor to a site, while one can appreciate the graphics, you want to reach through the screen through the graphics, the website, and do something. As the owner of the site, the visitor is interested in what's behind the screen. And this design is in the suburbs. Flash Harry
Have you seen Flash – is what makes these small windows with nice animations on them. Managed properly, Flash is very good.
* You can put a lot of information in a small area of the screen – you see is often used for banner ads.
* You can fill with all types of programming – you can even make all Web sites outside of it (check out Billy Harvey, OPM jobs, or Coco de Mer to see some examples of truly masterful!).
A * E 'a very easy to integrate video into a website.
* The images load really fast. In an instant, to be exact!
But when a Loony Graphic Arts in my hands on Flash, so it is a horrible transformation, and he becomes. . . Flash Harry! Harry does not want to flash animation on the small screen – the expansion everywhere. He does not want to allow interaction subtle and delicate – he wants to take control of the screen and feel, Clockwork Orange fashion since its creation inflicted on you.
  * First, there is a blank screen that says "Click here to access the website." As if I would not even be looking at the screen, if you would not go.
  * Then, a small carousel turns and says "Loading". And rotations. And rotations. And rotations.
  * And then a movie plays. There is probably a happy little tune to go with him.
  * And finally, when the movie finished baking, we reached the site, which is also the flash memory so that it works like any web site I've ever seen.
Flash Harry is making the same mistake for the Graphic Arts Loony – I think all we want to do is look at your creation, do not use. But the sites flash sites have problems even more graphic:
  Flash Sites * are completely opaque to search engines. N optimization can be done. All contents, all the hard work: no one will be indexed. Nobody is going to find.
  * Flash sites, especially large and complex sites take a long time to load. Visitors will not wait five minutes for a website – not even want to wait five seconds! Even if you can bring visitors back to your site, click away before it is finished loading. Nobody sees it.
  * The Graphic Arts madman wants to control the screen, but Flash Harry wants to control their entire experience. But Internet users are not accustomed to being pushed – the site can not get what they need, they will go. Any gems are buried in place, nobody will care.
There are good reasons to use Flash on your website. There is good reason to build the site in Flash. But if these reasons do not apply to you (and you should ask, do not) Flash is best avoided. As Flash Harry. Factory
At the other end of the scale for adolescents and self-employed is the designer of the huge software factories. These are the companies that employ entire towns in India and Russia – and the ceilings are full of programmers who are qualified, experienced – and cheap! Surely it would have been able to put together a decent site!
Being ", yes they can. Adopt an approach a bit, "as the developers of Lego, slotting all standard units and then wrap everything in graphic design. The difference is, write the same units, and (usually) give you access to data. If you are looking for a prefabricated, mass-produced website, so that factories could be just what you need.
But cracks start to show if you want something custom, nothing special, everything about you. Consider:
  * Who will write your copy? That is the generation of content? Should be made by someone who knows his business background. Should also be made by someone who knows English well. That's not a factory code!
  * What about special programming? Each sector – every company in every sector – has its peculiarities and its characteristics – the way "of doing things." Unless oddities are part of the programming, which is not part of the site. But how these things could be part of a mass product component?
  * Even if you can work inside the box is delivered, have you ever tried to manage a team of programmers through remote control? Imagine expanding its calling home builders who speaks poor English, and then try to keep them under control only by e-mail! Using foreign factories to build a site just like that, only worse! What you think you have ordered, you will have to take what they give you.
Whenever a business is running perfectly normal, and if you want a website become perfectly normal factory code can do a good job – like Lego programmers, only better. But if you're doing something unusual, special or out of town (or may never want to do something similar in the future), factories, probably the code of cramps your style. And if you have a unique way of doing business, a unique competitive advantage – Well, you have no more! The Recycler
Thus, if the experience of a factory code is not enough to build a great site, what about the professionalism of the industry? The way to buy a website from another company in the same industry as you?
It is an attractive idea: If you are a library, and Amazon offered to sell its software, you must be crazy to refuse. So if you see a competitor or a running mate is a successful web site, and offer for sale of the site for you, you know you're getting a good deal? Right?
Wrong! The fact is that for every positive the website, there are zillions more successful.
If you had a great site that was ahead of the competition, why should someone want to sell? Answer: only if
  * E 'that nothing had happened, and he's trying to get some extra money, or
  * E 'that well, but is about to release something better.
In both cases, the only reason why anyone would want to recycle their old website, it is because they want more. And there is no easier way to make money with trash on someone else to run your business out of it! So who do you trust?
All these bad, right kiddies code by recycling, have one thing in common. They are interested in this technology. Code kiddies know how to throw a page together, the factory knows how to write programs, and recycling has a website at second hand. For them, it's all about technology.
But for you, not technology. You are not buying technology for their own good – You want a business tool. You have a business running, and have goals for your business, and want your website to make more business for you. For you, it's all about your business.
Here in Webgineers, we dazzle you with graphics or dancing confused with tecnojerigonza. Let's talk about your goals, your products, your customers, your business. And we will do our recommendations in a business language. They may also assume some of those mentioned above – but you can be sure that we keep them under strict control, and never forget, even if they do, it's not about technology or the ego, this is your business.