The Evolving Web Content

The Internet was once a static place

The Internet was once a static place. Web designers taught themselves HTML and put up no-nonsense pages that they would then have to manually edit should information change. Creating a blog or updates page in the area of static HTML pages was time consuming, to say the least. It's no wonder so many websites fell to the wayside in the 1990s, never to see an update again.

In 2012, however, virtually every website uses a content management system, or CMS, to create pages, both static and dynamic. A few clicks enables webmasters to set up a CMS like the popular WordPress, and developers can even install these scripts for users who are not familiar with coding for the Internet, because the user-friendly interfaces allow just about anyone to understand CMS management on their websites. The best CMS incorporates scripts like PHP or jQuery, a developing Javascript library, in addition to HTML to create pages. However, the content management system stores page data in the user's database, as opposed to static HTML files.

Free CMS utilities, including WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, don't just make it easier to create those pages. Add-ons or plug-ins facilitate just about any task that a website owner might want to complete, from sprucing up a blog's comments to autoposting website updates to social networks. jQuery technology lets users show image-based slideshows in carousels or create sliding tabbed navigation. What once would have been complicated, if not impossible, is built into CMS themes by default! Switching between those themes takes no more than a click of a mouse, too.

Of course, recent developments don't negate traditional HTML. The World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C, has released the specifications for the newest version, HTML5. With the first release in over a decade, website owners and creators finally have some new tags to use when building websites, while awkward HTML tags are now deprecated to make way for graceful solutions. Tags like the "", which once required a full line of text, now only use a handful of characters. Rounded corners without images? No problem. And showing progress in surveys or polls? HTML5 does that, too.

With the advent of CSS3, the dynamic duo can create stylish Web pages, with or without the use of a CMS, that look as though they incorporate other technologies. For example, many developers look forward to the day when dynamic content no longer relies on Adobe's Flash, and HTML5 will be part of the change that makes this hope a reality by replicating many of the same features of Flash. This is especially beneficial as more users access the Internet from their mobile devices. Flash isn't available on Apple's iOS devices, including the iPhone and iPad, so websites that do use Flash as a base for layouts do not appear correctly for many users. HTML5, on the other hand, is a standard that mobile browsers like Google's Chrome will fully support in time, which is just another advantage for Web developers who want to future-proof their websites.

The changes in website development have been slow and sometimes frustrating, but they all lead to an Internet that loads more quickly, looks more beautiful and works more fluidly on every device. CMS development, HTML5 and jQuery are just a few of the tools making this possible.

by: Alex Teplish

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