Q: What is an Active Web page?
A: Static web pages are fixed by the data in computer files. Active web pages contain constantly changing data. Every time a dynamic web page is requested by a web browser the HTML that is returned is created programmatically by the web server exactly as specified in scripts or programs.

Q: What Are DHTML Pages?
A: DHTML, or Dynamic HTML, is a web technology that enables elements inside your web page to be, dynamic. Things such as text, page styles (font color, size etc), element position, etc, can all be changed dynamically, thanks to DHTML. It brings web pages a step closer to how things look on your television, where images appear and disappear, text flies in and out, and content move around freely on the screen. DHTML pages contain client-side scripts that take advantage of the DHTML technology to bring true interactivity to your site. They can be written in a number of languages, although the most popular are JavaScript and VBscript.

Q: What Is XML?
A: XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. XML is a markup language much like HTML. XML was designed to describe data. Each data item is enclosed in descriptive "tags" that identify the data item. This makes XML data suitable for many applications. It is important to understand that XML is not a replacement for HTML. XML is used to structure and describe data, while HTML will be used to format and display the same data.

Q: What Is XSL?
A: XSL stands for EXtensible Stylesheet Language. XSL is a simple language that can be used to can transform or format XML data into an HTML form so it can be displayed in a web browser. XSL is far more sophisticated than the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) used by HTML. Because of its simplicity and the fact that many databases can output XML data sets, XSL is very useful tool for quickly creating web pages that contain dynamic data from databases.

Q: What Are ASP Pages?
A: Microsoft(r) Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create interactive Web pages and build powerful Web applications. When the server receives a request for an ASP file, it processes server-side scripts contained in the file to build the HTML Web page that is sent to the browser. In addition to server-side scripts, ASP files can contain HTML (including related client-side scripts like Javascript) and calls to Windows COM components that perform a variety of tasks, such as connecting to a database or processing business logic etc.

Q: What Are PHP Pages?
A: PHP (Personal Home Page) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create interactive Web pages and build powerful Web applications. When the server receives a request for a PHP file, it processes server-side perl scripts contained in the file to build the HTML web page that is sent to the browser. In addition to HTML and related client-side scripts like javascript PHP files contain perl scripts which can perform a variety of tasks, such as connecting to a database and formatting returned data in an HTML format that can be displayed by any web browser.

Q: What Are JSP Pages?
A: JSP (Java Server Page) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create interactive Web pages and build powerful Web applications. When the server receives a request for a JSP file, it processes server-side java language code contained in the file to build the HTML web page that is sent to the browser. In addition to HTML and related client-side scripts like Javascript JSP files contain java language code which can perform a variety of tasks, such as connecting to a database and formatting returned data in an HTML format that can be displayed by any web browser.

Q: What Are Java Servlets?
A: Java Servlets are programs that are written in Java and run on your web server. They perform tasks once only delegated to CGI programs.

Q: What Are Java Applets?
A: Java Applets are programs that are written in Java and run on your web browser in a web page. Applets can perform a wide variety of tasks from database access and forms to web site navigation and graphics animation.

Q: What Are CGI Programs?
A: Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard for interfacing external programs with web servers. A plain HTML document that a Web server supplies is static, which means it exists in a constant state: a text file that doesn't change. A CGI program, on the other hand, is executed in real-time, so that it can output dynamic information. For example, let's say that you wanted to "hook up" your database to the World Wide Web, to allow people from all over the world to query it. Basically, you need to create a CGI program that your web server will execute to transmit information to the database engine, and receive the results back again and display them in a web browser.

Q: What Are CGI Scripts?
A: Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Scripts are like CGI programs but are written in a scripting language like perl or wsh instead of a programming language. Scripting languages are generally interpreted when they are executed. Programs are generally compiled by programmers before they can be run.

Q: What Is Perl ?
A: Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL), is an interpreted computer language that functions on a wide variety of computers. It eclectically combines features and purposes of many programming languages. Perl is widely used for programming World Wide Web electronic forms and generally serves as a glue and gateway between systems, databases, and users.

Q: What Is WSH?
A: Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is a language-independent scripting host that allows you to run any script engine on the Windows operating system. For example, one script can be run with the VBScript script engine, and another could be run with Jscript, and yet another could be run with perl. WSH also extends the functionality of the scripting engines it supports by providing access to the Windows Common Object Model (COM) and all of the COM objects built into or installed on a Windows System. Distributed COM (DCOM) provides WSH scripts access to COM objects residing on other systems on a network.

Q: What is a chat room?
A: A chat room is a place where you type messages in 'real time' and they appear on the browser of everybody in the chat room right there and then. It is the Internet equivalent of a telephone conference call.

Q: What is a Message Board?
A: A message board (also known as a bulletin board) is a place for many people to come together and communicate about a certain topic. Message boards have been around for a long time, long before the "World Wide Web" came into existence. The general purpose of a message board is to allow people to post questions or comments that are useful to others. Message boards are generally not used to have conversations in real time. You can submit a question, comment or message to the board and start a new "thread" or topic. You can reply to a message that has been posted. Or you can easily read through the messages that have been posted and see what others are talking about.

Q: What Is Site Search Engine?
A: A Site Search Engine allows users to search for words or phrases that might appear on any of the web pages in your site. The results of a search are returned as a list of links to the pages on your site that contained the words or phrases that were found. Site Search Engines make it easy for users to find what they are looking for on your web site.

Q: Can I protect the pages on my web site so only users with a password can see them?
A: We can help you to create and maintain the Access Control Lists that prevent users from accessing some of your pages without the proper authentication.

Q: What other features, apart from text and photos, can I have on my site?
A: There are a number of features you can have on your site, such as a clock or scrolling message in the status bar of your browser. These little tricks are easy to incorporate, but will only add value to the page if you have a specific need for them.

Q: Should I have a feedback/enquiry form?
A: The web offers a unique opportunity to acquire detailed feedback from potential customers and you can use forms to uncover all sorts of information about your web site users, and for them to ask questions of you. An enquiry form that is easy to fill in and pertinent to your products or services can be the first step towards converting potential customers into sales.

Q: How do I get the information from the feedback/enquiry form?
A: The information from the form is converted automatically into an email. If you have an existing email account the feedback or enquiry email will be sent directly to you as the user presses the submit button. If you don't have email, all responses can be sent by fax or post.

Q: How else can customers contact me?
A: Customers can email you using a 'mailto:', a link which automatically opens and addresses a new email window in most browsers. As with the form responses, that email can either be sent to an address that you specify or we can forward the contents to you by fax or post.

Q: Can you provide "dynamic content?
A: " Yes. "Dynamic content" is a buzz word which basically means a web page or part of a web page which is built "on the fly." For instance, if you were presented with a page on which you could request all of the golf tournaments in Dallas to be contested next Tuesday, it is probable that the result page was built "dynamically" and that a database was involved. It is less likely, although possible, that someone had built a static web page to display this type of frequently changing information. In short, if it has been done, or can be done, on the Internet, chances are that we have already done it or that we have the capabilities to do it. Just ask.

Q: How Can My Customers Order On-Line?
A: Certainly we can provide you with hosting service that includes a catalog of your products an electronic shopping cart to keep track of what products a customer orders and an electronic cashier and check out stand where shipping information can be entered and credit card verification and billing are handled in a secure fashion so no sensitive customer information is compromised.

Q: What Is A Shopping Cart?
A: Shopping carts keep track of what products a customer orders from your electronic store.

Q: Can my customers pay for their purchase by credit card?
A: Certainly we can provide you with hosting service that includes a catalog of your products and an electronic shopping cart to keep track of what products a customer would like to receive. The electronic shopping cart is also integrated with an electronic cashier and check out stand where shipping information can be entered and credit card verification and billing are handled in a secure fashion so no sensitive customer information is compromised.

Q: How can customer's personal and credit card information be protected?
A: All shopping cart and check out are done on secure web pages that use encryption technology to insure that no sensitive customer information is compromised.

Q: What about Java and newer technologies in my site?
A: We can analyze your needs and determine which technology is best for your particular application. Java is a fantastic technology for executing programs on a wide variety of client or server computers. Hundreds of new products and innovations come to the web community every month, as web developers we must be very careful to consider what will become industry standard and what will be abandoned in a few short months. Our engineers are well versed in these new technologies and can determine which are best suited for use on your web site..