Best Practice

Blueprint IT adheres to industry standards and best practice, which provides a good base for search engine optimisation this ensures a consistent website browsing experience for customers.

• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption

This is the universal standard for encryption of personal and payment details to be transmitted across the internet.

• W3C HTML specification

Outlines the standards to which the information content of websites is coded in order that all types of computers, operating systems and browsers are able to view your website.

• W3C CSS Specification

Outlines the standards to which the presentational content of websites is coded in order to ensure that all types of computers, operating systems and browsers are able to display your website in a comparable form.

• The British Disability Discrimination act

This act set out that websites have to be accessible to people with disabilities, your web site will be compliant with W3C web content accessibility guidelines.

• The Data Protection Act

Which governs how you use and store customer information.

• The EU’s Distance Selling Directive

Which covers cooling off periods, returns and the information you must display on your site.

• The Electronic Communications Act

Which sets out how the government is reforming the law to support e-commerce. Another major consideration is that, if you are selling overseas, you will be subject to other countries’ regulatory regimes.

• Project Management

A good project management approach that ensures control and delivery of a website.