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Often we find people are confused by all of the choices they
have when deciding to establish a presence on the internet. There are a myriad of arcane terms
and options, like hosting, bandwidth, servers, T3, POP3, HTML, CSS, etc. You might find it helpful to educate
yourself about the web, making your decisions informed ones. We're here to help.
To many, how the internet works is a mystery. However, when you break it down, it is quite
simple. A web site has five main components as listed below:
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Content:Content is what your website is
all about. It is the words, ideas, and information that is expressed by the text of your web pages. The information you are reading right now is content. Since informative content is the real reason that people come by your site, it must be useful, or your site will not succeed.
Design:
A site's design involves anything
that is not the content, or text. Logos, illustrations, navigational buttons, typefaces, and color, all help a visitor to get around a website, understand more about your content, or help them identify with your company. A slick, clean, and attractive look will make getting your site's content enjoyable.
Static Code:
The life blood of the web is the Hyper Text Markup Language, commonly known as HTML. This amazing little language tells your web browser (such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Netscape's Navigator) how to display
images and content correctly on your screen. The great thing about HTML is that it is accessible to practically everyone. Any system with a web browser, be it a Mac, IBM-PC, UNIX system, etc. can read and display HTML. Since there are different versions of HTML with different browsers supporting different features, the trick is to use code that makes your website look great, and still make it accessible to the widest number of browsers possible.
Active Code:
Have you ever purchased anything on-line with your credit card? Have you ever searched an on-line database with drop down menus? If so, you have already sampled a small part of what new programming languages like Java,
Perl, PHP, and ASP can do for you. These powerful programming languages run in your browser, or on the host web server, thereby making them accessible to any computer platform with a web browser. Internet programming means you don't have to worry about writing software that specifically supports Mac, Windows, or Linux. 
Utilizing these new languages and techniques, it is possible to make your website do just about anything for just about anyone.
Hosting:
Finally, your site must have a physical location to store the files, code, and graphics that make up your web. It comes as a surprise to many that websites are hosted on computers not unlike the one you are sitting at right now. You can have your site hosted at many different places, and for a wide variety of prices. Fees range from free (but remember, there is no such thing as a free lunch!) to many thousands of dollars. Ideally, you want your site to
be hosted on computers that are reliable, fast, secure, and capable of constantly supporting the features of the ever changing web.
Galactec helps businesses and individuals like yourself
create compelling content. Whether you aim to create an on-line version of a successful product brochure, or come up with brand new material from scratch, Galactec can support and help you every step of the way. Let our designers interview you about your services, products, and ideas, and we guarantee you will love what we come up with.
Galactec's designers are also passionate about
design
. Whether you want to integrate your company's existing look into your new website, or let us help you come up with a brand new professional identity, your design will be great looking and fast loading.
Galactec's personnel have been with the web since it's inception. We have seen the web advance from plain text, to in-line graphics, to table support, to frames, until now we have the graphically rich and tremendously interactive web we have today. Of course, there are many editors to help automate generating HTML,but you still must have an intimate knowledge of the code itself to make pages display correctly in the
widest variety of browsers possible. You don't have alienate half of the web browsers on the Internet just to take advantage of the latest web technology. Let Galactec show you how. We can also write custom applications to make your web a real business powerhouse. Database integration, custom internet applications, electronic commerce... Galactec provides a universe of options.
When it comes to hosting your site on the web, Galactec can do it all. From a small, simple
marketing and informational site to a massive e-commerce site getting thousands of hits per day, Galactec can tailor a to suite your needs. You will be hosted on our fiber optic network, which connects to the Internet through 1 OC3 (Optical Connection class 3) and 3 redundant DS-3 (Digital Signal) multi-homed connections. These are among the fastest connections to the internet in the world, each millions of times faster than your dial-up connection at home. This high-speed connectivity combined with exceptionally fast and reliable Pentium IV servers, guarantee fast access to all websites housed within our network. Our servers boast an impressive 99.99% uptime ratio. That means that you can be confident that your website
will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days out of the year.
We can provide you things like your own domain name (www.yourname.com), email addresses with your own domain name
(yourname@yourname.com) that can be accessed through any popular mail reader. We also provide detailed traffic reports with graphic charts to show you just how effective your new web site is. After all, what
good is a web site if it can't tell you who and how many people are visiting it?
Demographics: These sites contain information about the number of people on the
Internet, projections for future growth, and revenue generated by the 'Net...
Internet Information: Whether you are a new to the web and eager to learn, or an old
time pro that would like to do a little side reading about the history and inception of
the Internet, the following links will guide you to some excellent reading...
Internet Software: Do you have the latest version of your favorite browser? Looking
for the latest multimedia plug-in to take advantage of the Internet's interactive
features? These site have the best selection of all the freeware, shareware, and general
software you can find on the Internet.
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