Ahmed Nashaat gives some tips to find out who designed a website
You may need to know who designed a website for many reasons, like to hire the designer for one of your projects. Ahmed Nashaat, an expert in the area of Cybersecurity, has gathered some tips on how to find this information if it is not readily available. He says that most of the times, websites show the names of the people who developed them. Some others only list pseudonyms, while some do not show any information about the developer at all.
This can be a problem for those who have to cite a certain page, and for those who would like to contact a developer because they liked the job they did with that particular site. If you are one of the people who want to find out the identity of the person who developed a website, keep on reading to discover some strategies that might help you do it.
Take a look at domain names
Ahmed Nashaat claims that a possible option is to search on Google the name of the domain. Many developers will list the pages they have created in their portfolios. So, it is possible for you to find the creator if you find his or her portfolio. Adding keywords such as “portfolio” into the query will definitely be helpful.
Code is a great source of data
Revising the code of the page can also be a good tactic. Ahmed Nashaat has found out that many programmers tend to leave their signatures in their HTML, JavaScript, or CSS code. It tends to appear in the footer of the website, in meta tags, and in some other sections that normal users cannot access. Some websites, for example, have notes in their source code that read something like “Designed in collaboration with…” Looking for copyright text is also wise, as there you can find the name of those who created the page.
Finding the credits page
Some developers create a specific page crediting those who helped in the construction of the site. This page is usually called “humans.TXT” and, by just adding this after the domain name, you could get the information you’re looking for. You should write, for example, something like ‘domainname.com/humans.txt” to find the credits page.
Tools can help you
Those were the more basic options. When they fail, there are more specific tools that can help you find out who created a site. It is also possible to look at the owner of the domain on pages such as Whois. Even though it is not very probable, the developer of the page could be the one who bought the domain. However, if this is not the case, you can always contact the real owner and ask him or her for the name of the developer.
You don’t need to be an expert when looking for the creator of a site. You just have to know how and where to look and be really willing to do so! Even though it might seem hard, we are sure you can make it.
Boris Dzhingarov graduated UNWE with a major in marketing. He is the founder of ESBO ltd a brand mentioning company. He is also passionate about meditation and healthy living. You can find articles on such topics at his spiritual blog Dzhingarov.com.