Visitors to your website who are blind or partially sighted cannot access the content on your website in the same way that a sighted visitor can.

Every computer and webserver connected to the internet has an IP Address. They're all 4 numbers separated by . and each number has to be between 0 and 255.

So, and example IP Address would be 67.207.135.87

IP stands for Internet Protocol.

An 'A' Record is similar to a CNAME Record, in that it helps the DNS point what you type into your web browser, to the website you want to view. Whereas a CNAME record points the www part of the web address, an 'A' Record can point the domain name directly at the server.

DNS (see the glossary entry for DNS) uses records to point different groups of characters to different websites.

We at illuminate iCT are in the process of doubling our webserver capacity! We've started to notice that the performance of our main webserver isn't as good as we'd like it to be - it's getting quite full and it's beginning to show.

We use a Cascading Style Sheet to tell your web browser what your webpage looks like. The HTML contains the content of the page, the menus, the images etc. The CSS describes what it all looks like. So it describes the size of fonts, background colours and images, as well as where everything appears.

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This will be a collection of links that give useful information about website design, accessibility, hosting... Whatever takes our fancy. We'll be adding new links all the time, so please check back regularly.

Illuminate ICT spend a good deal of time working on your site designs. When they leave us, we're usually very proud of what we've achieved and we've given you a sturdy platform on which to build rich and beautiful content - I may be getting carried away! However, this is where one of the pitfalls of a Content Managed website rears it's fat, ugly head.

Drupal is a Content Management System (CMS), it's Open Source and we think it's the best CMS available. That's why we chose it to provide our web services to you.

Find out more about Drupal.

If you're used to working with computers and having constantly to update to newer and newer versions of your software, you'll be forgiven for thinking that Web 2.0 refers to a new version of the internet.

Normally, when you enter information on a form on a web page, you press a button (usually Submit, or Go) and then page reloads to tell you whether you were successful or if you'd missed part of the information that was required. It may say that you forgot to add your post code if you were entering your address. Something like that.

Training session for Your Site In a Day

By the end of this training participants will have published their web site.  They will have sufficient skills, knowledge and practice to be able to manage and maintain the content of their site inclduing the following:-

IlluminateICT has been working to develop a low cost entry solution for smaller voluntary and community organisations to let them get onto the internet. Using the powerful Drupal solution we have now created a method that will allow organisations to create their own web site in a day.

We're starting to build up a glossary of internet terms. Some of the vocabulary used when discussing some of the technical bits of dealing with websites can be be a bit obscure.

We try to be clear in all our communications with you and it's helpful for us sometimes if we can point you to a page on our site that explains what we're talking about.

Google have launched a new web browser called Chrome. It's an early release and there is obviously a lot more work to do. but it looks clean and simple to use.

Our site now has a tips and tricks section in the Web area. In here, we'll put anything we think you'll find useful.

As with all the other site content, the tips and tricks will be fully searchable.

You can reach it from the Web menu, or directly from here.

The morning sessions.

Drupal in the sector

The first session was taken by Nick from illuminate and looked at how Drupal fits into the sector and at how skills can be harnessed throughout the sector to improve the viability of Drupal projects.

A good turnout for the first Drupal conference facilitated by illuminateICT.  The donuts and coffee has been a big hit so far and I have great hopes that the actual content will be as well received.

As people have been introducing themselves it has become apparent that we have  good mix of people from both the voluntary and commercial sectors.

There are currently no issues with our webservices.

Our new website has been developed using Drupal 6, the most recent release of the open source Content Management Framework.  Since trialling other such systems over two years ago, we decided that D

Content

We can add content to your website to get you started. We'll charge you the daily rate of £200. After that, the content will generally be your responsibility.

The site can be themed to suit your organisation, your branding or to take into account the likely visitors your site will have. We'll work with you to create a stunning and unique design.

Basic Service.

Something web