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Benefits of Black Cat Media for Your Business

The web today is very different from what existed just a few years ago. Thanks to the tireless efforts of organisations such as the W3 Consortium and the Web Standards Project, web site designing is increasingly effective and flexible as new technologies and updated standards move ever closer to complete - and reliable - freedom in design.

With the ever changing landscape comes responsibility - the web is seen by more people than ever on an increasingly diverse selection of hardware and software, while both the visual look of a site and all that's going on behind the scenes is being pushed ever further. Modern design and development is the art of combining the latest technologies while ensuring the site looks great on the full range of devices available now and in the future. Only through disciplined design can the benefits below be achieved.

Benefits of Modern Design

By producing modern web sites that comply to the latest standards, you can be sure of a clean site that looks great for all visitors now and in the future. The web is a fast moving medium, meaning that a badly made site created just a few years ago may be already ageing but by following the latest standards, you can be confident your site will look as good as new on all browsers on all platforms.

• anyone anywhere - Although an estimated 85% of the web use Internet Explorer on MS Windows, do you really want to loss 15% of your business by ignoring the rest? Design experience and standards usage can ensure 100% usability.
• future-proof - Creating standards compliant web sites ensures that they continue to look great even when the web moves on.
• low bandwidth - By separating content from formatting and using logical, simple layouts, the resulting site is fast for visitors - and cheaper for you to run!
• platform independent - The web is finding it's way into all sorts of devices - phones and PDA's are increasingly have full web access, meaning your site must be flexible and well structured.
• highly usable - Simple, intelligent layouts and navigation along with semantically structured code means your site will be accessible by beginners and advanced users alike as well as catering to disabled visitors.

In a way, the word "standards" is a misnomer. Web sites that comply with standards in XHTML and CSS need not look at all standard - in fact, CSS opens up possibilities limited only by imagination, while ensuring these sites look correct, work correctly and load faster than ever.

Benefits of Dynamic Web Sites

What are dynamic web pages? Simply put, dynamic pages are "intelligent" pages which react to user input to display relevant data automatically, rather than the developer creating a series of pages by hand. If your site has a lot of content that share the same basic properties, such as stock listings, news items or comments on an article, the benefits of storing this data in a database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL can be huge. Instead of exhaustively creating a page or pages for each article, one intelligent page is created which grabs the data from the site's database. Everyone who regularly uses the net regularly uses dynamic pages, although they may not know it.

• easily updated - By creating a custom built CMS, you can have an efficient, secure way to quickly update your site's content, including stock lists, articles, news and so on.
• efficient - Dynamic content is also easily updated and maintained and, if need be, removed, all without hassle and avoiding possible nasty mistakes.
• features - Perhaps the biggest reason to have a dynamic page is the wealth of possible features. Do you want people to be able to post comments, or have their own set of preferences? How about letting people perform keyword searches on articles? Only a dynamic page will allow this to seamlessly be added.
• flexibility - Need a design tweak? Want to change a phone number that appears on a hundred different pages? No problem - even a complete redesign can need just one page to be altered.

The importance of dynamic web pages on the web today - and tomorrow - can not be overstated. From online shopping to news, sports results to online magazines and message boards to hit counters, these technologies are everywhere. The possibilities truly are endless and there's no one better than Black Cat Media to realize your idea.

Benefits of Black Cat Media

We are dedicated to delivering flawless sites with great usability - even highly technical aspects will be presented in a simple while complete manner. For example, neither you nor your visitors need ever know anything about the site's database as access for adding and updating would be done through familiar, secure web interfaces and the resulting data is seamlessly integrated into pages to give a completely natural look.

• affordable - As well as producing cheap to run and maintain sites, our development prices are hard to argue with.
• fast delivery - Short development times come as standard with us, despite the fact that each design is an original work.
• dedication to support - We offer very fast, very helpful email support to all our clients, with alternative contact methods are also available.

We're there at every step of the development and maintenance process, from the initial discussion about requirements and features, through designing and implementing your site and arranging a domain name and hosting to setting up email accounts and ensuring the on-going stability and success of your site.

We hope you now feel that Black Cat Media is the developer for you. Why not contact us about your site and discuss your project - no strings attached - and see how to proceed?