Magic Lantern Webware

Magic Lantern

Webware

Technology

We have selected a small core of ubiquitous technology platforms upon which to develop our sites. Our goal is utilize the best low-cost and open source technology available, and to create sites that are fast to load and work well across the broadest range of potential site-users.

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HTML

Hyper-Text Markup Language. This is the core language that defines how a web page will look. We utilize version 4.01.

CSS

Cascading Style Sheet. This is a script file that defines the look of text, table, link and division elements on a page to ensure uniformity from page to page across a large site.

PHP

PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. This is an open-source server-side programming language that outputs HTML and allows us to create dynamic web sites.

MySQL

MySQL is an open-source, server side database engine that utilizes SQL(Structured Query Language) syntax to interact with the database. By pairing PHP with MySQL, we are ableto create dynamic pages with content being pulled from the contents of an easily modifiable database table.

JavaScript

JavaScript is an object-oriented scripting language that we use to create certain dynamic elements of a website, from custom buttons to form date verification to dynamic menu systems.

Flash

Flash is an event-driven language to create and deliver graphical content through a browser. While we are not proponents of the annoying “Flash Intro” for a site, we have used Flash for custom games and other graphical presentations on a site.