G'day
heretic wrote:
Actually, I think some of the benefits touted for large-scale sites
are actually more urgently required and keenly noticed by small
business. In particular...
The problem is that many small/micro businesses don't see it
(y)our way. They only see the shiny coat of paint,
The problem is that many small/micro businesses don't see it
(y)our way. They only see the shiny coat of paint, not the rust
underneath it, or the engine under the bonnet. Bombarding them
with technical jargon isn't going to help. They just see a web
page in their browser. It either looks
I am coming to realize that there is little real business case for small
business. Total cost of operation of a website for a small business
might be marginal.
My reasoning for this thread was to formulate a position statement that
could be communicated to small business leaders to have them
I want a standards based website -- can you deliver?
This premise is wrong. When I'm buying a house I also do not explicitly
state that I want it to be built with standards, however I anticipate
it's not going to fall on my head soon.
It's the professional side of all the suppliers. If you
Jan Brasna wrote:
I want a standards based website -- can you deliver?
This premise is wrong. When I'm buying a house I also do not
explicitly state that I want it to be built with standards, however I
anticipate it's not going to fall on my head soon.
I don't agree with this analogy.
Jay wrote:
So here is the question:
What are the benefits of web standards for small business that can be
sufficiently
measured in results for the business both in the long and short term?
Jay, been thinking about this for a few days. As youve pointed out,
youre really interested in small
So here is the question:
What are the benefits of web standards for small business that can be
sufficiently
measured in results for the business both in the long and short term?
I've been thinking a bit about this one...
Actually, I think some of the benefits touted for large-scale sites
what this email meant for me or what?
im confused to why I am getting so many emails?
On 2/3/06, Ben Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/3/06, Jay Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to go beyond the argument of separation of information and
presentation markup.
What sort of
Ben Bishop wrote:
On
2/3/06, Jay Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
want to go beyond the
argument of separation of information and presentation markup.
What sort of resistance are you facing here? I.e. why are you arguing
in the first place?
The definition of argument I am
Jay Gilmore wrote
et al..
I'm with you Jay. I live in a small rural community as well and my work
comes by word of mouth. I can't start something up locally as most
people in town don't even believe people use the internet!!! This is
probably where a thread on a forum has more value
In most instances, its not a case of trying to convince someone to
change their ways, nor is it a case of trying to sell web standards.
The real fact is that each and everyone of my clients knows that HTML
exists, and that it has something to do with a webpage.
My role when talking with them
On 2/2/06, Jay Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am looking for a way to make small business owners see that they have now
sane alternative but to use web standards, not tell them they will be ahead
of the curve or save $100/year on hosting.
I'll think of more arguments later, but I can
Christian,
I wholeheartedly agree with you points but I want to go beyond the
argument of separation of information and presentation markup.
I am talking about coding using the whole of standards based documents.
That portion is an easy sell. I am really talking about form and usage
of
A point I often bring up is that using standards ensures that anyone can
jump in and work on the site (looking forward), the whole
future-proofing issue, and my personal favorite thing to do is open up
sites in Firefox and strip off all styles (in the web dev toolbar) to
show them the squeaky
On 2/3/06, Jay Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to go beyond the
argument of separation of information and presentation markup. What sort of resistance are you facing here? I.e. why are you arguing in the first place?
That portion is an easy sell. I am really talking about form and usage
of
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