| Have you ever passed a mirror and found a stranger | | | | the older web browsers. |
| reflected back at you? Most of us have a perception | | | | Look at your site on different computers including |
| of how we look, but it's not always realistic. The same | | | | PCs, Macs and laptops. All computers will display your |
| goes for our web sites. Unless we do our homework, | | | | site differently. Different video cards, different screen |
| what we think is the image we are portraying to the | | | | technology and different monitor settings are factors |
| outside world is not what others are seeing.Web | | | | that will affect how your site displays. Web sites |
| pages can look very different depending on the | | | | reflect your company's professional image. If your site |
| configuration of the visitor's computer. Users utilize a | | | | shows improperly or not at all, your company's |
| broad range of screen resolutions, operating systems, | | | | reputation can be tainted. If your site has browser |
| monitor settings and browsers.Here are some reasons | | | | display problems, visitors and potential customers will |
| for the differences from computer to | | | | leave your site and not look back.Any good web |
| computer:Everyone uses different screen resolutions. | | | | designer will test your site on different browsers, but |
| Approximately 20% of people use an 800 by 600 pixel | | | | you can also do your part. Whenever you can, look at |
| screen resolution, but more and more people are | | | | your site on other people's computers. You may be |
| buying large monitors and are viewing pages on | | | | surprised at what you see!What is a web browser? |
| resolutions of 1024 by 768 or more. Pages will look | | | | Your Web browser is a translation device. It takes a |
| totally different on different resolutions, so you must | | | | document written in the HTML (the language used to |
| make sure that your web site designer makes your | | | | write web pages) and translates it into a web page. |
| site work on all resolutions, with NO horizontal scrolling. | | | | Differences between browsers are caused by the |
| Look at your site on different browsers. (See what is | | | | different ways they translate the html code. The |
| a web browser?) The majority of people use Internet | | | | translation is a little like giving two translators a |
| Explorer to view web pages, but Mozilla and Opera | | | | sentence written in Spanish and asking them to |
| are gaining ground. The trouble with web browsers | | | | translate it into English. They will very likely use |
| comes when they have trouble translating the code | | | | different words to translate the Spanish, even though |
| behind your web site. Older versions of web browsers | | | | they will both get the meaning across. |
| have particular trouble translating code properly. Some | | | | The most popular web browsers are Internet |
| people do not update their web browsers when new | | | | Explorer (IE), Netscape and Opera.Colleen Happ |
| versions come out, so getting your pages to work in | | | | designs effective and affordable websites. View her |
| older web browsers is important. If there is an error in | | | | portfolio at offers free one hour consultations to show |
| your code, there is a much greater change of it not | | | | how an effective website can benefit your business. |
| displaying correctly, or it may not even display at all in | | | | She can be reached at 403-807-8225. |