What is W3C?

W3C is short for the World Wide Web Consortium, an international consortium of companies founded in 1994. The purpose of the W3C is to establish language criteria that ensures compatibility among industry members which reduces incompatible versions of HTML.

Being W3C compliant ensures that your website maintains a consistant look, feel, and layout across many browsers and different platforms. Compliance also ensures accessibility for the disabled. In recent polls less than 7% of all websites are W3C compliant. The question which remains for discussion is, are these standards crucial to the webs existence? 

Would you like check how your website measures up? Use the W3C Markup Validation Service:  http://validator.w3.org/

The latest released standard by W3C is known as the RIF (Rule Interchange Format).  For more information please visit: http://www.w3.org/.

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How many holes does your website security have?

Do you know the level of your sites security? Most people keep their security in the hands of their hosting provider. The last thing you want is to find your site or your client’s site hacked. Believe me, it is an unpleasant experience, which has happened once this year. The web is a scary place, where many vulnerabilities exist.

Here’s a list of compiled tips for a security check:

Keep your website updated with the latest security solutions

Login pages should be encrypted

Data validation should be done server-side

Connect from a secure network

Don’t share login credentials

Manage your website over encrypted connections