The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has developed a list of standards (rules and guidelines), in order to ensure that design code is consistent across the board. These rules determine how a website will look and function when it is displayed in a person's browser. Some of the benefits to making sure the web developer you hire complies with the W3Cs standards is that your website and custom features will be able to function across multiple platforms, including; iPhones, iPads, Android devices and other mobiles and PDA devices. Quality of code is just as import as the user interface and quality design. If your web developer complies with these standards the code will be condensed making for smaller page file sizes and faster loading time. Finally, if your web developer uses the proper standards, search engines can access your website far easier. If the code used on your site passes validation, your chances of advanced search engine placement is dramatically improved.
When selecting web development company for custom work on your website, it is important to look back on their portfolio and test the sites they have developed on a series of browsers. Do their websites work in all browsers, and in all versions? The last thing you want is a potential client going to check out your site, and finding out that it doesn't work in their browser of choice. If a potential client needs to work hard to find what they're looking for on your website, they'll just go elsewhere. So, when you start working with a web development company, make sure you ask to see their portfolio, and ask if they test the sites they develop in all browsers before launching.
It's important to ask your potential web development company how much experience they have custom coding in PHP and ASP scripting languages. Many so called web developers do not know how to create advanced code from scratch, they simply edit the code that already exists in the plug ins and templates. Saving money by going to amateurs can be very costly! Important points to consider when hiring a web development company:
- How many years of custom coding experience do they have?
- What programming and coding-related experience do they have?
- Ask to see their portfolio, to get an idea of projects that they have worked on and if their custom coding experience fits with what you need your company's website to be able to do.
When searching for the web development company to work on your website's custom project, it's important to find out what kind of support and/or bug fixes guarantee they provide during the project and post-project, once your website has launched.
- Are you able to speak to the developer directly with any issues?
- How long after the project is completed can you still ask for support?
- If your website has a problem two months after launch, can you still get in touch with your web development company and get it fixed for free?
All of these questions are important and you should get the answered prior to hiring them, so you know exactly what you're being offered in the form of support and bug fixes throughout the project and on completion. At ByWeb, we offer 360 days of free support after the project is completed, and you can always get in touch with your project manager via phone, email or instant messaging. We're available 24/7 to answer your questions and understand your feedback.
People online are impatient. A site's loading time is one of the most important elements of online success. If your site takes more than a couple of seconds to load, it's likely that visitor's will give up and move on to the competition, where they can get what they want, quickly. Make sure that your potential web development company optimizes for load times, so you can ensure that your site loads quickly and without error, to make your visitors experience pleasant.
You want to make sure you own your website's code, as this will make adjusting and upgrading your website far easier in the future. Often times when you purchase the template or a plug in you only have user rites to your purchase. And you can not change the code without permission of the code owners or you have to subscribe to their maintenance plans. At ByWeb you are the owner of all the work we produce for you. There are no monthly commitments or limitations on distribution of code that you purchased from us.