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There are a whole range of web issues
to deal with when creating a web site - here are some of them
(these will be changed regularly):
Keeping
content up-to-date
Having old, non-current information
on your site means that when people visit your site, they
will immediately disregard it, as being old, irrelevant, and
one which they most likely wont visit again.
Regularly updated content shows your
visitors that the site is dynamic, active and actually doing
business. These are important factors to attacting and keeping
visitors on your site.
Keeping content up-to-date and relevant
is essential for you to do every day (or at least weekly).
You could even have information on the site that lets users
know whent the site was last updated. This lets users know
that the site is an active one and encourages them to come
back.
Repeat visitors will notice if your
website changes and with any luck will bookmark your site
for future reference.
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Web
security
E-commerce sites commonly have security
flaws. The top seven flaws discovered were, in descending
order of severity:
- Lack of security behind the 'front
door' exposes 'root' access Web server flaws
- Logout facility not working - even
though the web site tells users they have logged out, they
are still logged in, so anyone using the PC directly afterwards
can continue the session with full access to their account
- Web server allows unencrypted access
to secure areas: this allows information to be sent in the
clear across the Internet - and sniffed in transit
- Authentication fields are not obscured
during entry: so people looking over a victim's shoulder
can see access details
- Account lockout mechanism does
not work: leaving data unprotected from malicious 'brute
force' attacks
- No protection against keystroke
loggers: this allows an attacker to log confidential information
entered by the user
- Weak password mechanisms: system
allows users to choose insecure passwords, or there is no
facility to change password
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Web
navigation and usability
missiveMEDIA place usability at the
centre of its design approach. When people use your website,
they shouldnt have to think about how to navigate through
it, it should be intuitive and simple to find things in it.
With your competition just a click away it is vital that you
don't put obstacles in their way, to the heart of the information
on your site.
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