Note: This blog post is aimed at seasoned Web Developers. Technical jargons are used throughout this post. You will not appreciate it without some familiarity with the terms and technologies used here.  

Technology evolves so fast! 2 years ago, the buzz words were “web-to-poynt-ow”, “ey-dyaks”, “eks-eich-ti-em-el”, etc. Now the buzz everywhere is about HTML5/CSS3 and how these technologies will power the future of the Interwebs. In order to stay relevant, we as web professionals should be very responsive to change. As Clarence Darrow aptly puts it:

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

Looking forward into the future, we know that the Joomlasphere and the Joomla template scene will eventually move towards these technologies. It is for this reason that we at MagicThemes are investing a lot of energy in the development of a Framework that will enable template developers to streamline the creation of HTML5 and CSS3 Joomla Templates.

Here’s a preview of things to come - a sneak peak to the development of MagicTheme’s Joomla Template Framework called Alchemy.

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The future has arrived. HTML5 is here and there’s now no excuse in not using it. So our team just decided to use HTML5 and CSS3 in all our future template releases starting October.

Does that mean we’ll be limiting our support to HTML5/CSS3 compatible browsers only? Believe it or not, but we will actually be able to support all major browsers, even Internet Explorer 6 and 7. Web development is very exciting nowadays as new technologies are born every day that would give end-users and web developers a better web experience.

HTML5 Means Universal Mobile Device Support using Responsive Layout technique

So what’s the benefit of using HTML5? Aside from tons of useful features, HTML5  support means that our templates will have universal compatibility with modern mobile devices. All devices which support HTML5 are automatically supported. By using “responsive layout” technique, we can adjust how the web page is displayed depending on screen size by using simple CSS switches.

HTML5 could mean better SEO

So what else will you get from HTML5? This is unproven, but HTML5 has a better semantic markup. If you don’t know what that means, just understand this: using HTML5, the code is better organized, therefore Search Engines will be able to parse it easily, and logically categorize the content by importance.

We can’t wait to show you what we’re doing so far. We should stop talking and start coding…