Blogs and Online Journals

orcaBlogging, a phenomenon that exploded in popularity during the early 2000’s!

a Blog “is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” Wikipedia

A blog traditionally is a personal web space or journal of an individual, however it has become ever more main stream for medium to large sized corporations to maintain corporate blogs.

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Photo Galleries and Online Portfolios

synfig_iconOnline web galleries play an important role in effectively communicating a specific product or idea to an audience. The present day online audience, is an audience which generally reacts quicker to imagery than to text, as they are so accustomed to a vast amount of choice, competition to grab attention is ever so fierce.

Online galleries provide a unique way of showcasing products or work in a visually easy to understand manner, thus being more effective in message and information deliver than many other other methods of information display.

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Web standards and Search engine friendly coding

seoWeb users no longer use one browser, the diversification of browser software has exploded in recent years, and while most browsers abide to internet standards, some don’t, therefore with every website we code, we test meticulously in several browsers to ensure that the website renders correctly to all users.

Web standards, as drafted by the W3C consortium, is something we take very seriously. Some browsers may blatantly not render pages correctly, however we still code to standards, to counteract non abiding browsers we conduct extensive cross browser testing, specifically with the known problem browsers. We believe a broken website an incredible eye sore, something we try our best efforts to avoid, by using compliant and solid coding skills. A compliant website ensures a positive user experience and a favourable search engine rating!

Executive HTML based website design and implemention

htmlHTML the founding basis of any website online, the very markup code that renders a page into a graphical display. Valente design offers highly aesthetic HTML based websites, coded to established web standards and tested across various browser to ensure cross browser compatibility.

gavinford.com

gf

A photographers site, based on standard html. The site includes various image galleries along with a seamless integration with Google’s Blogger platform

africainscribed.com

ai

A standard HTML website for a tour operator. the site includes an international currency converter and a time zone converter, along with various itineraries and php based contact forms for booking purposes

urbanenergie.co.za

ue

An early phase website to establish an initial web presence for Urban Energie. the site included articles and contact forms

No Longer Live

jvalente.co.za

jvt

A standard HTML based website featuring a 3 page layout in order to establish a basic web presence

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