Thanks for all of your replies. Nestor :-)
2009/3/9 Artur Marnik <[email protected]> > According to this craigslist is already dead > > I think that if you have dynamic content (updated/added by webmaster or > users) then you are fine for longer than few years > if you just deliver some information to the user (like most corporate > pages) then you don't have to change them for years - unless you want to > introduce new or more fancy technology - like ajax, web2.0 etc > > and I am sure that government doesn't have any rule for that - I have seen > pages 10 or more years old that run perfectly on NN 4.0 :) > > Artur > > > > Peter Sawczynec wrote: > >> I have never read any exact rule on how often to update >> >> a website look. But, here is my opinion from my experience. >> >> >> First, it is important to keep in mind, that most all web sites >> >> get technologically stale every single year. >> >> >> *Updates < 1 Year* >> >> Very commercial websites and youth oriented sites (MTV, >> >> TV shows, shampoo, fast food, bands, high-profile politicians) >> >> update at least every year. Many aggressive commercial sites >> >> change 2 or 3X a year. >> >> >> *1.5 - 2 Years Is Sensible, Proactive Time to Update * >> >> If you want to keep the website looking like it is ahead >> >> of the curve or at least right on the curve; the website >> >> could use to be updated by 1.5 years. Up to 2 years >> >> update time is still Okay. >> >> >> *3 Years Is Far End of Time to Update* >> >> Most standard web sites (govt., high end retail, >> >> associations, accountants, lawyers, real estate, furniture, >> >> car dealer, local radio station, local politician) start to get >> >> totally visually stale at about 3 years. And, of course, >> >> I feel even a 2-year old web site design >> >> is showing its age. >> >> >> *5 Years Is Death* >> >> It is common though for these types of above noted >> >> business entities to try to take a website design out >> >> to 5 years. At 5 years the old design is absolutely expired >> >> and is hurting the company image, not enhancing. >> >> >> Even a great clean corporate-look web site rigidly >> >> conformed to a classic design grid and using virtually no >> >> graphic dingbats of any kind would still need a refresh >> >> at about 5 years max, I think. >> >> >> The site width and height proportions get stale. >> >> Color scheme gets stale, font choices get stale. >> >> Even the widths of the columnar layout >> >> can get stale. >> >> >> Warmest regards, >> >> >> Peter Sawczynec >> >> Technology Dir. >> >> blūstudio >> >> 941.893.0396 >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> www.blu-studio.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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