MaggsWeb : anything web

A work in progress, playground & portfolio for web based ideas and developments.

I have been building websites since 2000.  Integrated throughout my developments you will find evidence of HTML, XHTML, DHTML, ActionScript, JavaScript, Ajax and some Flash; some static and some dynamic content, common and bespoke editing systems, secure areas, uploads, downloads and logging.

The About Me page explains a little more...

As a web developer, I have to be interested in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), as after all, if a site cant be 'found' - then no one will visit it!

While graphics, dynamic content and pretty colours make websites interesting and fun, search engines only read text - so text based content on the page is the most important thing.

For example: a heading in an image looks nice, but to a search engine is as pointless as indicators on an aeroplane. And, if you can’t be found by the search engines, pretty colours and flashing graphics wont help you.

Updating a website is also important.

Regular updates, new content, topical, local information, news feeds, these all make a website more interesting to the reader, and improves their position in Search Engine results.  Static content that never changes will, in effect, only ever decrease in popularity.

I specialise in websites with customised editing interfaces (or Content Management Systems (CMS) to give it the full title).  Although mine are much simpler compared to 99% of what is generally used. The advantage of having a CMS, and it being simple is clear. It allows the ability to quickly and easily edit only the areas of the site that you need to, avoiding the usual difficulties of complex editing systems and risks that something that you do will break it.

Browse through my Portfolio for some examples...

If you are interested in anything that you see, please use the Contact page and drop me a line. If nothing interests you, that's fine. The web is big enough for all of us.

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