What are HTML Websites?
If you are not familiar with how HTML code works when used in websites and also web templates, review the What are HTML Web Templates definitions page.
What is HTML5?
You have probably heard about HTML5 in the news or from friends or perhaps you have read about it on other websites. HTML5 is being developed as the next major revision of HTML, the code used for website building, and will eventually replace the current standard HTML 4.01 as the code of choice for websites.
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Does Allwebco Offer HTML5 Templates?
We offer a selection of Minisite HTML5 website template models including: Video, Business, Drop Menus, Gallery, Paypal Merchant, Audio/Video, Basic and Discount Packages. Our 05 Minisites are also backward compatible in most older non-HTML5 browsers like IE6, 7, 8 and others.
Additionally, because HTML5 is subsume (works in concert with older HTML) code, HTML5 is being used in some of our other website templates when it is the best choice. This will be mostly for audio and video code, and eventually all our templates will be built in HTML5. At this time only our Minisite 05 models exclusively use HTML5 code. See more HTML5 details in support.
Why Not HTML5?
Although it is tempting to setup a website using the very latest technology, in the case of HTML5, if a website is built using only the latest HTML5 code it will make a website unviewable on the larger percent of older web browsers still in use on the web. Browsers that do not fully support HTML5 will be unable to properly render a website built exclusively using the new code. HTML 4.01 is a tested and stable code and is considered the best choice for website development as of this writing.
"HTML 4.01 is a tested and stable code and is considered the best choice for website development."
Although HTML5 is being heavily pushed by companies like Apple, most web developers and designers believe that it is not ready for full website implementation at this time. A website built totally using HTML5, that will be viewable in all web browsers, may not be possible for many years to come. Detection can be added to any website to allow for older browsers, however, this will cause a site to be more involved to create and also to update and maintain as well.
HTML5 Issues & Drawbacks:
HTML5 & Audio/Video
HTML5 does not support a single video or audio format for all browsers. This means that when adding audio or video to a webpage using only HTML5 code, multiple videos are required for display across all browsers. Until a standard is set for audio and video using HTML5, this will create extra work for webmasters.
HTML5 Penetration
As of December 2010 the general consensus is that roughly 50% of all web browsers being used are HTML5 compatible. This indicates that if a website is built exclusively using HTML5, the site will not render in half of the browsers in use. Additionally, the 50% HTML5 statistics may be distorted in favor of the vast number of devices over desktop and laptop computers that support HTML5 while not considering that the percent of PCs that do not support HTML5 may be much higher. iPhone and iPad will have a large impact on these numbers.
HTML5 & Animation
Adobe Flash is the most popular animation creation software ever created. Users new to Flash can create a web animation in a matter of hours using the Adobe Flash interface and tutorials included with Flash software. With HTML5, creating animations is an involved process and entails writing script codes and working with raw source code to create animations. Steve Jobs of Apple corporation has indicated that Adobe Flash is an older outdated application. The facts are that Flash is still the number one web animation software and is a much easier way to animate a website than using HTML5 and Javascript. However, poor Flash browser support from Apple and what appears to be a personal issue between Adobe and Apple has muddied this issue and caused much confusion. Before Flash appeared in 1996, all animation was created using HTML and Javascript. If you are creating animation for iPad and iPhone, it will need to be created using HTML and Javascript. The dispute between Apple and Adobe has actually caused webmasters to go back to older and outdated ways to create animation.
HTML5 & Ease of Use
It is a common misconception that HTML5 is easier to work with than previous versions of HTML. In essence, HTML5 is the same type of code as the last HTML revision of HTML 4.01. HTML5 does not offer easier webpage code editing, creation or implementation and actually makes it more difficult and costly to add animation, video and audio to websites.
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Only Allwebco
offers so many features already built into our HTML web templates; scripts, contact forms, Flash, site search, PDF pages and other applications. See our Template Features Page for details.
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