Web technology is constantly advancing. There are many technologies that will be available in the next 2 or 3 years that do not yet exist!
Keep in mind that a web developer who is designing or updating your website today cannot always predict the technologies of tomorrow; this makes future website upgrades and redesigns essential as the web evolves and improves.
Generally, if your website follows W3C web standards, it should easily integrate with new technologies for many years. However, when there are huge leaps in development technology such as moving from table layout to CSS layout, it can be tricky to implement new software like blogs and ecommerce into old websites. In fact, sometimes you can spend more money trying to make an old website work with a new technology than just starting over and rebuilding.
The web is alive! It is constantly growing and evolving. To keep up with this web growth, we must upgrade servers, code versions, and browsers to gain new features, increase security and fix bugs. Every upgrade brings awesome advancements, but also possible compatibility issues. As web professionals, we have found ways to slap a Band-Aid over common, non -threatening, upgrade compatibility issues. Nevertheless, the point of the web is to change and grow, so Band-Aids should be used sparingly, and website redesigns and technology upgrades made more often.
Kudos to those of you who are implementing new technologies into your website to make it more user-focused and secure! Be aware that you may need to upgrade your base website technologies before new ones can be added. Your website company will also have occasional mandatory upgrades to servers and other software to ensure that your website is secure and able to work with new browsers and applications.
Change on the web is essential for advancement. Embrace these changes as a step forward in features and security. Your web design company should inform you of necessary upgrades, and work with you to ensure your website performs beautifully in new and improved environments.
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