Frontend

A website should look good, but that’s far from enough. A modern website has to do much more. It has to withstand the everyday life of users who want more than just a high gloss online brochure.Contents

Criteria for a good website

• Easy to find using search engines
• Loads quickly
• Scalable
• Runs on different operating systems, in different browsers
• Easy to use regardless of whether users navigate with a mouse, keyboard, their finger, a Wiimote or gesticulation
• Easy to read when printed
• Works on mobile end devices
• Easy to expand, quick to relaunch

A modern website has to withstand the everyday life of users who want more than just a high gloss online brochure.

The latest web standards

Aperto adheres to the latest web standards. With semantic and valid code (based on W3C specifications) and the separation of content, design and behaviour, we guarantee flexibility, sustainability, accessibility and a universal user experience.

Ajax and JavaScript

We don’t use Ajax and JavaScript for frills or razzle-dazzle, but to improve the user experience and make website use more intuitive. Live searches, slide controls, real-time filtering and carousels increase the “joy of use” and allow users to find the information they’re looking for faster and easier.

In our opinion, the improved user experience may not be limited to users with desktop computers—it should be a universal, cross-platform improvement. Whether they’re using a keyboard, touchscreen or Wiimote, a website should make a positive impression on all users.

We place great value in developing unobtrusive JavaScripts so that nobody is left out—regardless of whether they’re blind, using an iPhone or are unable to use JavaScript at work for security reasons.

• All contents are also accessible without JavaScript
• JS functions have a fallback for users with no JavaScript
• No useless remains if JavaScript is deactivated

What we go by

• W3C guidelines
• Web standards
• Accessibility (BITV)
• Sustainability
• Search engine friendliness
• Platform independence
• Progressive enhancement

Overview of our services

• Development and creation of websites, HTML prototypes, weblogs and templates for content management systems
• Barrier-free websites which comply with WCAG2 and BITV
• Barrier-free JavaScript and Ajax modules
• Universal user experience
• Optimised sites for the mobile web (iPhone, Android cell phones, Palm Pre, etc.)
• Quality analyses
• Frontend style guides
• Technologies: XHTML, HTML 5, CSS, unobtrusive JavaScript, WAI-ARIA