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Web sites by PM Photo:
- Are designed in XHTML 1.0 strict
Pages designed in XHTML 1.0 Strict
Over the past few years, HTML (the language of the web) has evolved. Today many sites are being written in XML or XHTML which is part of XML. Within each of the new generations of code there are levels of compliance. In XHTML 1.0 there is Transitional and Strict.
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- Uses CSS
for web design
CSS is used on all sites
(Cascading Style Sheets)The way the site appears is determined by the Styles rather than by internal page code. This is done to raise the Content to Code ratio and make the web pages work better where text to speech page translators are used. Also, the use of Style Sheets decrease the loading time of each page.
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- Use of currently accepted Meta Tags
Use of Current Accepted Meta Tags
Meta Tags are lines of code that help the web site or page get listed in Search Engines and supply other information about the site such as parental control, copyright, author, distribution, and more.Over the past couple years, some Meta Tags have been deprecated and their use actually lower the search engine ranking. PM Photo ensures that none of the deprecated Meta Tags are used in your site.
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- Have meaningful Alternate Text Tags
on all graphics
Meaningful Alternate Text tags on all graphics
Using descriptive Alternate Text Tags on every graphic or photo is important for text-only browsers as well as text-to-speech browsers. Having good Text Tags also helps with the Search Engines index images and can help to improve overall position within a search engine's ranking of the website.
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- Are W3C Code Compliant
W3C Code Compliant
The code for the web pages is written in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the W3C.
The World Wide Web Consortium is making an effort to have a standardized way of presenting web page so that they look and work the same way in all browsers. While this effort is still in its development stages, PM Photo's web sites meet with the current standards set forth by the W3C.Hide this Panel
- Every page is validated
Every page is validated
All pages are checked with 3 different validating systems to ensure code compliance and to be error free according to the standards set forth by the W3C ( World Wide Web Consortium).
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- Page titles designed for the Search Engines
Page titles designed for the Search Engines
Having unique, page specific titles on every page is one of the most important aspects of each web page. The Search Engines display the page title in their search results. With the millions of web pages on WWW it is very important that each of your pages is different and depicts what your page is all about.
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- All pages are checked in Multiple Browsers
All pages are checked in Multiple Browsers
Not all browsers display web pages the same. Because of this, each web page is checked in FireFox, IE 6 & 7, Netscape 8 & 9, Opera, and Safari for the PC.
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- Javascript is used to help prevent e-mail address from being farmed
by bots
Protected e-mail addresses
To reduce the chance of web bots farming e-mail address, all e-mail addresses are coded using Javascript to protect them from being collected.
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- All graphics and photos are sized and optimized
for fast loading, even with dial-up modems.
Search Engines
There are many things that affect search engine ranking or placement. PM Photo takes the time to optimize your site for the best possible position. This is a continual process are requires you, the client help to make your site appear on the first page of a search. Please realize that there are millions of pages on the web and only 10 can be on the first page for any given search.
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- Everything possible is done so that Search Engines find your web site
Optimizing Graphics
All graphics and photos are first sized to the correct physical dimensions and then optimized to reduce the file size, and ensure fast loading without sacrificing quality.
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Custom ASP & ASPX forms
Using ASP and ASPX for all form information handling guarantees that the form results will be handled by the web server and returned to the viewer in the form of a simple web page, requiring no JavaScript or other plug-ins to be loaded on the viewer's (client) computer. ASP & ASPX is called Server-Side scripting.
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Browser & OS Statistics
Starting March 2008 PM Photo is compiling a monthly list of Web Browser and OS Statistics obtained from 35. View the web statistics page.
PM Photo also offers:
- Custom ASP & ASPX forms
- PayPal or PDG
shopping carts
PayPal or PDG shopping carts
Selling items is not a problem. PM Photo works with the FREE shopping cart from PayPal as well as a full-featured commercial shopping cart from PDG Software.
Whatever you want to sell, whatever your budget, PM Photo can set up your on-line sales.
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- And there is NO monthly maintenance fee
NO Monthly Maintenance Fee
There is never a monthly fee. All work is billed by the hour at the current rate.
I believe a you should only pay for work that is done. There will be months that you do not want to change anything on the site. If there are no changes or work, there is no bill.
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Whether you have a website or are thinking of getting one, read the article on web sites. It will help you to understand many things about the WWW and web sites. Read "General Web Site Information".
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Check out MyHosting.com a division of Softcom Technologies.
Flexable website hosting packages, GREAT technical support. PM Photo has been using Softcom since 1996.
What's New
If you are in need of a active PDF form, one that can be filled out live, and e-mail to you, or just have your clients print the completed form, this service is now vailable from PM Photo.
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Having an XML internal SiteMap for the search engines to properly index your site is extremely important.
PM Photo will create an XML sitemap for you, and will register your sitemap with Google.
Registering the sitemap does not guarantee you top 10 placement, that takes additional work, but does guarantee that you are at least indexed within 24 hours of submission.
Web Standards: Should My Business Website be Compliant? by Thomas Ashworth.
Originally published in 2006, Mr. Ashworth's insite applies to today's websites, both Busines and Personal sites alike.
PM Photo agrees whole-heartedly and all current websites by PM Photo are written in XHTML 1.0 Strict and are compliant with the standards set forth by the W3C.
Website Optimization For Google by Scott Van Achte, Senior SEO at StepForth. This 3-part article will enlighten you as to what's necessary to get your web site high in Google's search ranking. (2008).
Web Site Design Since 1996
Websites designed by PM Photo are user and browser friendly, search engine optimized, and compliant with current web standards. For more information see the Web Site FAQs Page.
There's more than just pictures and some text to a good web site. Let PM Photo build or fix your web site for fast load time, search engine readiness, and 100% Standards Compliance.
Free Web Information
Information Download Page - web compliance, protecting your address book, typing tips and more.
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Step-by-Step instructions for Client's with web sites hosted on MyHosting (SoftCom) on how to access various features offered in their hosting package.
