Who Are These Kows?
We are but a small web design outfit based in Plano, TX. Our name
may be new, but we've been doing this since 2000--back when websites
were ruled by tables.
Now we steep ourselves in standards-based web design. All CSS, not a table to
be found; code that we try our darndest to meet W3C standards (and
we incorporate other technologies--see below).
We've also done logo and print design for various clients (including billboard
design and CD package printing).
Perhaps you've seen some of our work, perhaps you haven't. Take a gander here.
Our
Process:
At Kota Kows, we design and develop standards compliant 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.websites. We go through a multi-step process that takes your site from Planning/Meeting to Structure to Design, Coding and then Deployment.
1a.
Planning
One option is to download our Project
Planner, which will help us to gauge
the type, size, and scope of your potential web project. From
there we can gather materials from you based on your feedback.
1b.
Meeting
The other option is to meet
with you and get ideas for the site based on what
kind of business it is, and what the peers and competitors
have to offer. We'll also gather materials from you, in the
form of text and images.
2.
Structure
At this stage the site will be developed via wire framing A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. The wireframe depicts the page layout or arrangement of the website's content, including interface elements and navigational systems, and how they work together.--for positioning of text and images, and to gauge the overall look and feel for the site. We'll utilize images, colors and text to get things right before we head to design.
3. Design
Here we'll incorporate logos (or create them if needed) and design Photoshop
mockups which we'll send for your approval.
If they do not meet your standards, we'll draft new
ones.
4.
Coding
When a final design is reached, we start coding the
site in XHTML XHTML (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language) is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the language in which web pages are written, CSS Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can also be applied to any kind of XML document, including plain XML, SVG and XUL.and PHP PHP is a general-purpose scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document. It also has evolved to include a command-line interface capability and can be used in standalone graphical applications.; we test various platforms and implement
SEOSearch engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results.. We also implement Google Analytics into every site we do.
5.
Deployment
At this stage we'll do a soft launch for you to view
and test the site, then do a hard launch for the public. We will
offer any help and perform maintenance and other tweaks during
this critical stage.
Additional Technologies we work with:
- JavaScriptalso known as ECMAScript, is a prototype-based, object-oriented scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is also considered a functional programming language like Scheme and OCaml because it has closures and supports higher-order functions. Not to be confused with Java (programming language).
- jQueryis a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig. Used by over 43% of the 10,000 most visited websites, jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today.
- AJAX (an acronym for "asynchronous JavaScript and XML") is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create interactive web applications. With Ajax, web applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. Data is usually retrieved using the XMLHttpRequest object. Despite the name, the use of XML is not needed, and the requests need not be asynchronous.
Other Services:
- Identity - along with a logo for your site we can work with you to design business cards, billboards and other print advertising
to help expand your image and presence.
- Online Marketing - we can set up Email newsletters to help generate new business, as well as Google AdWords management.
- Content Managment System (CMS) - Content management systems are especially useful for content that will be created or delivered from a variety of different sources. More and more businesses want a "hands-on" approach to their site once it is finished and CMS allows users to update and modify site content with no knowledge of HTML or CSS.
