Archive for January, 2009
Social Media and “Web 2.0″
Posted by: | CommentsSocial Media and “Web 2.0″ is quickly becoming a very relevant part of any business who wants to compete in 2009. Learn more here: http://www.ebizinsider.com/2008/09/03/using-social-media-optimization-smo-to-drive-traffic-to-your-e-commerce-site/
Some easy-to-integrate social media and web 2.0 applications include: Read More→
Hosting
Posted by: | CommentsThere are hundreds if not thousands of hosting providers out there, charging anything from nothing to hundreds of dollars a month. For the purposes of this contest, however, we suggest an entry level account on the following service:
Hostmonster (Linux Hosting)
http://hostmonster.solidcactus.com
Cross Browser Compatibility
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the criteria for the technology portion of the contest is ensuring your website is compatible in multiple browsers.
Here is a neat program that will allow you to see how your site will render in different versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Beginning with IE 5.5 Microsoft browsers began rendering what I would consider “modern” web standards including CSS. When developing a website in 2009, you really don’t need to worry about programming for browsers before 6.0 in the IE platform.
IE Tester: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
You should also be testing all your sites in:
Mozilla Firefox: http://www.getfirefox.com
Apple Safari: http://www.apple.com/safari
You might also want to… test your sites in Google Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) and even in mobile browsers since more and more people are surfing the web using their Windows Mobile browsers, iPhones, and Blackberry.
Solid Cactus Senior Project Manager Matt Kresge provides this article on Browser Compatibility Issues: http://www.ebizinsider.com/2008/07/17/testing-1234567-testing-1234567/