Intent

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Purpose behind irt.org

• irt.org is a non-profit making online developer site that covers Internet Related Technologies that are cross-browser as well as operating system and platform independent
• irt.org provides information on emerging technologies as well as the technology available now
• irt.org provides information that covers the history of technology on the internet
• irt.org provides in-depth articles that give the user a real-world demo, plus enough insight on a particular technology to go ahead and use it now
• irt.org provides FAQs that support Internet Related Technologies
• irt.org provides email support to maintain and enhance the FAQs
• irt.org provides an online forum for developer software, hardware and book reviews
• irt.org is able to provide Consultancy and Web Design skills, resource, experience and knowledge

What are the aims of irt.org?

• To generate enough revenue to pay for the costs of the domain name and web hosting fees, then to generate some revenue to be able to pay for articles to be written. The site does not exist to make a few people rich
• To promote the usability of the web, and support the online community by providing information, education, resources, consultancy and web design - although not necessarily for free
• To make irt.org the place to go when you want to buy developer software, hardware, books
• Provide up-to-date articles - which will be constantly reviewed, revised, corrected and expanded. Articles will not be archived and forgotten about, they will be lovingly cherished and promoted, and, if necessary removed
• To have an active group of developers. In exchange of the help this group of people provides, this group should have certain advantages, that would make their efforts worthwhile
• More than 10,000 subscribers to the newsletter in less than a year after the launch of irt.org
• More than 10,000 visitors per week in less than a year after the launch of irt.org
• Break-even in less than half a year

The irt.org Core Team

The people involved in the new site can be found on the profiles page.

A Core Team Member is someone who has actually done something positive and continues to do something positive for irt.org, e.g. write articles, maintains a FAQ, edits articles, maintains our site, writes CGI scripts, creates advertising revenue/sponsorship.

What Technologies will be in the irt.org Portfolio?

• Document Markup Languages:
  • SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
  • HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
  • XML - Extensible Markup Language
  • MathML - Mathematical Markup Language
  • RDF - Resource Description Framework
  • XSL - eXtensible Stylesheet Language
• Client Side Programming Languages:
  • JavaScript/JScript
  • VBScript
  • Java
  • ActiveX
  • ..
• Server Side Programming Languages:
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • Perl
  • FrontPage Extensions
  • Active Server Pages
  • ..
• Presentation:
  • DHTML - Dynamic HTML
  • CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
  • JSS - JavaScript Style Sheets
  • Graphics - GIF, JPEG, PNG
  • ..
• Resources:
  • Articles
  • FAQs
  • Editorials
  • Newsgroups
  • ..
• Databases:
  • WebObjects
  • Cold Fusion
  • Microsoft SQL Database Support
  • Microsoft Data Binding
  • ..
• Software:
  • DreamWeaver, WebWeaver, MapEdit,
  • Visual JavaScript
  • JavaScript Debugger
  • Netscape Navigator
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Opera
  • Mozilla
  • ..
• Hardware:
  • ?

irt.org design

Principles (in order of priority):

• fast,
• professional,
• easy to maintain,
• attractive

Techniques:

• Cookies - we may use them but we will not rely on them
• Frames - we will not use them
• CGI-bin - we will hopefully make extensive use of CGI-bin scripts
• HTML - we will tailor META tags for each and every page
• File Names - must follow the 8.3 format, i.e. .htm and not .html
• JavaScript - we will use JavaScript to enable client side form processing, and to perhaps add a bit of functionality to the page, but not to the detriment of browsers that either don't support or have JavaScript switched off
• Java - possibly, although there will have to be good reasons why we use it
• Downloads - we will make available different formats of download files for the articles and FAQs, although we may eventually start to charge for the downloads
• Graphics - small file sizes, must use the browser safe palette, no graphics for the sake of graphics
• Animated Graphics - reserved for adverts only
• META tags - used to add extra value to each page

Well you got this far. Let us know what you think.

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