So...what did it take to construct our website? Who did it? And who is taking care of it? Those and more questions are answered right here...just in case you were curious.
The Tools That Were Used
The tools used to create this website were varied. The HTML (rather, XHTML) code was developed in Sausage Software's Hot Dog Pro, version 6.5. Many of the graphics were developed using Corel Photopaint and CorelDraw, version 10. For some of the text treatments, Xara 3D was used. Now this is a very cool program.
There was a flash image on the home page that was created using CoffeeCup Software's Firestarter. It may appear on the site in the future.
What Technologies Were Used?
The author kept it fairly simple. Initially, basic HTML, then XHTML 1.0 Strict, Cascading Style Sheets (which make this entire thing very easy), and a little Javascript when it seemed useful. There used to be one flash image on the home page. But for now it's history.
Oh, one more thing. This site is best viewed with a good-sized monitor (something with better than an 800 x 600 pixel display) and 16-bit color. It will not look pretty using a fancy web-enabled cell phone with a one-inch monitor with 16 colors. As an aside, the author prefers to display the site on a 19-inch montor using a 1280 x 1024 screen resolution. Sweet!
So Who Did All This Work?
The sole author of the website is Joe Mabry. While a few of the graphics were pulled from other sources, most of them were created by scratch using the tools noted above.
Additionally, Joe Mabry maintains this site, and updates the information and graphics as needed.
When Did This All Come About?
Joe Mabry published a personal website in December of 1995 (only eight months after he saw his first web page). The Inland Empire Consultants website has been in existence since 1998.
What Does The Future Hold For This Website?
The author has written the HTML code to comply with XHTML 1.0 Strict standards. All pages on this site are XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant. "Why create a website with such demanding coding?", you might ask. The answer is simple. So more people, using more browsers, on more diverse machines, can see the website rendered as it was intended to be seen. That's the beauty of the standards.
Links To Websites Whose Software Products Were Used
