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used to make paragraphs, tables, lists, links, and text boxes - among other things - on web pages. It provides the essential ingredients for putting a page together, much like building a house that needs a roof, rooms, walls, and a basement. It provides structure to a web document. XHTML
CSS is a way to separate the content of a html document from its presentation. The html specifies what elements are on the page and how they are grouped and then the stylesheet specifies how the page looks. This is useful for a couple of reasons. First and foremost it can save lots of time and energy. CSS lets you control aspects of how presentation such as font color and size that previously took lots of <font> tags mixed through the html. CSS
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. It generally runs on a web server, taking PHP code as its input and creating web pages as output. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP
MySQL is a relational database system that is used to store information. MySQL can store many types of data from something as tiny as a single character to as large as complete files or graphics. Although it can be accessed by most programing languages, it is often coupled with PHP because they work together with ease. MYSQL
Short for search engine optimization, the process of increasing the amount of visitors to a Web site by ranking high in the search results of a search engine. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that that site will be visited by a user. It is common practice for Internet users to not click through pages and pages of search results, so where a site ranks in a search is essential for directing more traffic toward the site. SEO
Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites, and a philosophy of web design and development that includes those methods.Web Standards

About Me

My name is Liam Serrant and I am a web designer & developer from Bradford, Yorkshire. I create websites for individuals, small businesses, start up businesses and existing businesses.

I studied for two years at Bradford College and then onto Bradford University for a further three years before graduating in June 2006 with a BSc 2:1 honours.

Web Design

The websites I create are built with the client in mind. I will listen to what you, as the client need in terms of design and content of the proposed web site. All my websites are fully bespoke sites built from scratch and in accordance with the latest web standards compliances.
All you need to do is provide me with necessary content text for the web site, then I'll do the rest. I will also do any other setting up your hosting account for you. See here.

Content Management & E-commerce

I can also offer to build you Content Management Sites(CMS) or an E-commerce site. As these are more complexed websites to build, I use pre-built custom software packages for both types of sites. This way I can keep the sites up-to-date with the latest software releases. Also with these types of sites you can add on various types extra software content to give your site more flexibility.

If you have any questions regarding the different types, don't hesitate to contact me.

Content Management Software available:

  *  Joomla
  *  Mambo
  *  Wordpress
  *  DotNetNuke
  *  PHPbb

E-commerce Software available:

  *  CubeCart



This site was built using Dreamweaver CS3, Photoshop CS3, XHTML and CSS.