CSS Conversion

For those of you who are still stuck with old fashioned, out dated table based websites, we have recently introduced CSS conversion as a service. Website owners who convert from table based to CSS based layouts can benefit from the following:

1. A higher ranking on Internet search engines: When a search engine evaluates a website, it looks at the source code. More often than not, the source code for table based web designs contains excessive volumes of "junk" code (i.e., source code which doesn't tell you anything about the website's content). By using CSS we can drastically reduce the amount of junk source code on our web pages and we can also shift important information closer to the top of our source code. Studies have demonstrated that this can have an enormously beneficial effect on search engine ranking.

2. Faster download times: CSS based web pages have considerably
less source code than table based web pages. Furthermore,
the methods by which browsers read and display CSS based
web pages is generally quicker and more efficient than with table
based page layouts. This means that CSS based websites download
quicker than table driven websites.

3. Greater Accessibility: Over recent years the amount of hand held
Internet compatible devices has grown massively. Along with this
there have been a number of lawsuits filed recently against
organisations whose websites are not compatible with
screen-reading software, as is popular amongst many
visually impaired users of the internet. Proper implementation
of CSS can make your website display properly across a wide
range of devices and is also a good means of ensuring that your
company does not fall prey to a compliancy lawsuit.

4. Printer Friendliness: when a user prints a CSS based web page,
an alternative CSS document can be called which removes
decorative images and navigation. This helps to ensure that
web pages are printer friendly.

5. Reduced bandwidth usage: web pages which are CSS based
have much less code than table driven web pages. Indeed, it is
often possible through CSS to reduce the file sizes of web pages
by as much as 75%. So, by switching to CSS your website will
be able to cope with higher volumes of traffic.

6. Website designs are easier to modify: CSS separates content
elements of a web page from design elements. This means that
by alerting just one CSS file (which is applied across your entire
website) we can easily and effortless make a range of alterations
to the appearance of your website, without having to go through
the time consuming process of altering individual web pages.
This also means that if you decided to opt for a complete redesign
in the future, then the entire process could be carried out much
quicker and without any great fuss.

If you are interested in having your website converted to CSS, please get in
touch and we'll be happy to help.