Website Testing
Does your web site actually work properly?
Most web users have tried to use a web site at one time or another that simply didn't function in the way that it should. At a simple level, this may have meant it just looked odd on the page, perhaps the layout didn't quite work properly, or it wouldn't fit on the screen.
T-Host IT offers third party web site testing services at many levels, and cover a comprehensive range of scenarios such as:
- Cross-browser compliance. Does the site work with Firefox, Opera,Chrome, IE8?
- Browser configuration testing. Does the site work with Javascript and/or cookies disabled?
- Can the site be "broken" by normal use, e.g. the "back" button, repeated button presses and simple but unexpected navigation routes?
- High concurrency (many users at the same time)
At a deeper level, a site can be investigated for its resistance to deliberate attack. For instance:
- Can any log-in system be bypassed or hacked?
- Are passwords or usernames left behind on the visitors PC?
- Can the purchase system be tricked into thinking that a purchase has completed when it hasn't (a "callback" attack)?
- Are input fields protected against database manipulation (a "script injection" attack)?
How do I achieve robustness for my website?
As a business owner, you shouldn't need to think through all of these scenarios, it should be down to your web designers.... but they need to complete the job, and testing takes a lot of time... A cost-effective and impartial solution is to have the site tested by a third party company such as T-Host IT .