Technology

Web development technologies are changing everyday. Vigor IBC uses the latest web technologies to achieve creative, functional and effective design. The current technologies we use to build sites include the following: HTML and XHTML, DHTML, Flash, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, ActionScript, Ajax, CSS, CGI.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the authoring software language used for creating Static websites. It is also used to structure how a web page is laid out. We take pride in the fact that we hand-write our HTML, so we know exactly what's going on under the cover of your website.

XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) is an extension of HTML. It is used as an application of the XML language, which is the future of web authoring due to its widely accepted specifications. XML is great for information exchange, and can easily be extended to include user-specified and industry-specified tags.

DHTML (Dynamic HTML) is an extension of HTML that enables the inclusion of small animations in web pages. DHTML is also used to make rollover buttons and drop-down menus on websites.

FLASH is a popular software developed by Macromedia used to create an animation to accompany content on a page. Flash is also used to create advertisements, to integrate video into web pages and to develop rich applications.

PHP is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. PHP is basically used for developing web based software applications that allows to add new products into your e-commerce store or to automatically resize an image when you upload it to your image gallery.

MySQL is the most popular language for adding, accessing and processing data in a database. Most web hosts offer MySQL as their database solution in their servers, which allows you to have a database for your website.

PHP and MySQL are essential components for running Content Management Systems (CMS).

JAVASCRIPT is a scripting technology created by Netscape that can be embedded into the HTML of a web page to add functionality. JavaScript is used for opening a pop up window or for changing images as the mouse cursor moves over them.

ACTIONSCRIPT is a scripting language used in Macromedia Flash. It is similar to JavaScript. This language allows us to create dynamic flash animation within Macromedia Flash documents.

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a group of technologies of creating interactive and more responsive web applications. AJAX increases the web page's interactivity, speed, functionality and usability. This is fast becoming the web language for the future of development.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a language used to describe how an HTML document should be formatted, including text, colors, images, links and general page formatting.

CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is a programming interface between a web server and the systems backend functions. It allows web servers to perform data functions and interact with users.