Philosophy

No outsourcing done here. One company, one quote.

Here at Triovia our highly skilled team of designers and programmers are driven with a passion to create solutions that transcend a current need and will grow with your business. Additionally, we take interest in learning about your industry so that we can maximize on bringing you development possibilities.

Some examples of our quality standards are: 

  • Tableless layouts
  • properly coded tags
  • accordance with w3c.org standards
  • streamlined code to reduce bandwidth, cost and focus more time on content
  • cross-browser compliance
  • optimization for search engines
  • customer content management solution

As your company project manager, you are not expected to know about all of the changes with regards to website standards and compliance issues.  However, you do need to be assured these key elements are being implemented into your development.

As with any long term investment, a poor decision can have long term repercussions going forward.  Purchasing a car is a long term investment just as your website development should be considered a long term investment.

When we purchase a car most of us aren't aware of the underlying technical issues. Double overhead camshafts, limited slip differential, inline 6 cylinder engine all mean little to most purchasers. But there are always a number of key issues to address. What's the mileage? How long is the warranty? How safe is it in an accident? How does the resale value hold up? Is there a new model due?

You should ask the same sort of questions before you invest in a new or improved web site. You don't need to understand the "brains" of the technology.  XHTML, CSS, SVG, PNG, may mean little to most of you - however these underlying technologies do have an impact on a number of key issues.

It's your developers' job to build the site. But it is your job to understand enough that you make the right decisions about your investment. If you make the right choices it may be paying dividends several years down the track. Go down the wrong path and it may cost you a lot more than you think.

No matter which company you choose for your development needs, you should be prepared to ask the following questions:

1. What devices and platforms will our site be accessible on?

Right now, when we think about the web, most of us think of a browser on a PC. Or even more specifically Internet Explorer on a Windows PC. Have you taken into consideration how your site will appear on a users Mac not using IE?  Have you taken into consideration the appearance on a hand-held device?

Web standards such as css and xhtml are designed for maximum backwards and forwards compatibility, which we specialize in.

2. How much bandwidth will your site be wasting?

Real websites cost real money in terms of bandwidth. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Reducing the file size of web pages means faster loading pages, and lower bandwidth costs.

3. Will our website expose us to the risk of legal action?

In Europe, the United States, Canada and elsewhere, web sites must meet accessibility guidelines or face the threat of legal action. In Australia, anti-discrimination legislation affects government web sites, but the status of commercial web sites is less certain. Nonetheless, the writing is on the wall. Accessibility is perhaps the most growing concern in web development and use today.

Traditional web development approaches and technologies were not built from the ground up with accessibility in mind. Modern web standards were.

What can you do to help maximize the accessibility of your company's site?

  • insure your development team use the latest web standards
  • insure your team understands the key issues in web accessibility
  • insure accessibility audits

4. How upgradable will our web site be?

The software industry has long known that at least half the total cost of software over its full life-cycle is in the maintenance phase. This same rule of thumb applies equally to web sites.

To maximize the initial investment in a site, it needs to be as upgradable as possible. How easy will it be to keep the appearance of the site fresh, even after the original developers are no longer around to maintain the site? How easily will it be to add content, or functionality?

5. How visible will our site be to search engines such as Google?

Google in particular, and search engines more generally are the single greatest source of traffic for most web sites. While there are many tricks and techniques for increasing search engine visibility, there are some basics that many sites simply don't get right. Using valid standard based code greatly increases the basic visibility of a site to Google and other engines in comparison with older development techniques.

Web site development focusses much of its effort on how a site appears on a browser. But your single most important visitor is blind. Google.

Getting these five key issues right could save your company tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life-cycle of your site. Getting it wrong could cost you that, as well as fewer initial and repeat visitors, and even a legal settlement for discriminating against people with disabilities.

Make sure that your developers know about and use these standards. It's that simple.