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| Sun Microsystems Press | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Begin at the Beginning | |
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| The Internet | |
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| Hypertext | |
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| Document Publication | |
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| Standard HTML | |
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| Mosaic, the Sexy App | |
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| Future Directions | |
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| WWW Miscellany | |
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| WWW Naming | |
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| WWW Culture | |
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| Emotags | |
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| Page Formatting Philosophy | |
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| People | |
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| Where's the Fun? Where's the Profit? | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Starting Out | |
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| Formatting Text in Word Processing | |
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| Opening the First Document | |
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| Adding Paragraphs A Start Tag without an End Tag | |
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| Adding Italics A Start and End Tag Pair | |
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| Sections of a Document Tour of an HTML Document | |
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| Parts of a Page | |
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| Adding Document Tags to the Example | |
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| Paragraph Formatting | |
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| Character Formatting | |
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| 8-bit Characters | |
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| Other Special Characters | |
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| Lists | |
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| Regular Lists | |
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| Description Lists | |
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| Summary | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Hypertext Linking Documents | |
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| Elements of Hypertext | |
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| Universal Resource Locator (URL) | |
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| Adding Links | |
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| Reference Anchors | |
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| Named Anchors | |
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| Addressing Variations | |
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| Using Addressing Relative to Files | |
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| Virtual Hosts and the Document Root | |
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| Using the <BASE> | |
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| Tag for Relative Links | |
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| Secondary Directories | |
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| Special Case: The mailto Link | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Multimedia Going Beyond Text | |
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| Multimedia | |
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| MIME Formats | |
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| Adding Multimedia Links | |
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| In-line Images | |
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| Design Considerations | |
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| Adding an In-line Image | |
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| Aligning an Image | |
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| Alternatives to Images | |
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| Image Efficiencies | |
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| Creating Transparent Backgrounds | |
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| Adding Links to Images to Simulate Buttons | |
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| Imagemaps | |
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| Server-Side Imagemaps | |
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| New in HTML 3.2: Client-Side Imagemaps | |
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| Bells and Whistles | |
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| Animated GIFs | |
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| RealAudio Files | |
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| Headaches: Browser-Specific Multimedia | |
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| Summary | |
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| New Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Tables | |
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| Plan Ahead! Table Components | |
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| Table Borders | |
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| Table Headings | |
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| Spanning Columns | |
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| Spanning Rows | |
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| Counting Rows and Columns | |
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| Other Table Features | |
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| Word Wrapping | |
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| Formatting Data in Cells | |
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| Captions | |
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| Miscellaneous Table-Formatting Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Frames | |
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| What Are Frames? Frame Components | |
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| Creating Frames | |
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| Changing Frame Column Sizes | |
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| Creating Horizontal Frames | |
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| Creating a Compound Frame | |
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| Creating the Nested Frame | |
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| Creating a Named Frame | |
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| Special Frames | |
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| What About No-Frame Clients? Scrolling | |
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| Establishing Margins | |
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| Design Concerns | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) | |
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| Ultrabasics: What's a Program ? Where's the Gateway? Directory Assistance | |
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| CGI Basics | |
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| Perl | |
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| Perl Reporting | |
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| A Basic CGI Script | |
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| Perl Extraction | |
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| Perl Variables | |
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| CGI Environment Variables | |
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| Path Usage | |
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| Passing External Variables, or Arguments | |
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| HTML Output from CGI Programs | |
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| Making Server-Side Clickable Images | |
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| Steps in Making a Clickable Image | |
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| Summary | |
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| Environment Variables | |
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| Server Includes | |
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| Configuring for Server Includes | |
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| Downsides of Server-Side Includes | |
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| No Ability to Use SSI At All | |
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| Performance Hits | |
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| Potential Security Holes | |
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| Basic SSI Syntax | |
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| Including Other Files | |
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| Including Information about Files | |
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| Adding File Sizes | |
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| Changing Size Formats with config | |
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| Dating Document Changes | |
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| Changing Date Formats with config | |
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| Echoing Variables | |
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| Executing Programs in Another Way | |
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| Reporting Errors | |
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| New in Apache 1.2: Conditional SSI | |
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| Summary | |
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| SSI Elements Used in This Chapter | |
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| Environment Variables | |
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| Creating Forms | |
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| Form Creation and Submission | |
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| Clickable Images in Forms | |
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| Buttons | |
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| Radio Buttons | |
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| Multiple Radio Buttons | |
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| Checkboxes | |
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| Setting Default and Initial Conditions | |
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| Hiding Variables in Forms | |
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| Text Entry Fields | |
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| Submitting Forms with a Text Box | |
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| Setting a Default Value for Text | |
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| Limiting the Length of Text | |
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| Changing the Size of the Displayed Text Box | |
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| Text Areas | |
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| Sizing a Text Area | |
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| Setting Default Text in a Text Area | |
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| Pull-Down Menus and Scrolling Lists | |
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| Displaying Two Items at Once | |
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| Selecting Multiple Items | |
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| Default Item Selection | |
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| Clearing Entries and Resetting Defaults | |
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| Multiple Forms on the Same Page | |
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| New in HTML 3.2: Sending a File with a Form | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Processing Data from Forms | |
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| Basic CGI Input and Output | |
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| Input | |
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| Output | |
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| Sample CGI Script | |
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| Feedback Form | |
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| Search for Data | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tags Used in This Chapter | |
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| Client-Side Processing | |
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| HTTP Cookies: Halfway to Client-Side | |
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| What Is a Cookie? Setting a Cookie | |
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| Retrieving a Cookie | |
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| JavaScript: Freeing the Client from the Server | |
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| What JavaScript Is Not | |
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| What JavaScript Is | |
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| JavaScript Uses | |
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| Programming in JavaScript | |
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| Objects, Methods, Properties | |
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| Event Handlers | |
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| A JavaScript Example | |
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| Beyond Basic Client-Side | |
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| Java | |
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| Microsoft Client-Side Technologies: VBScript and ActiveX | |
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| Summary | |
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| Cookie Processing | |
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| JavaScript Elements | |
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| Style Sheets | |
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| What Are Style Sheets? Style Sheet Syntax | |
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| Internal Style Sheets | |
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| Linked Style Sheets | |
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| Cascading Style Sheets | |
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| Setting Font Properties | |
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| Changing Typeface or Font Family | |
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| Specifying Font Alternatives | |
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| Modifying Font Characteristics | |
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| Changing Font Style | |
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| Changing Font Size | |
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| Changing Line Height | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Complex Font Definitions | |
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| Setting Colors | |
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| Setting Foreground and Background Colors | |
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| Setting Background by URL | |
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| Changing Text Properties | |
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| Indenting Text | |
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| Aligning Text | |
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| Creating Margins | |
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| Creating Fancy Text Options | |
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| Summary | |
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| Style Guides | |
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| Content, Content, Content and Don't Forget Content | |
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| Document Layout | |
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| Creating a Common Document Look with Templates | |
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| Documenting for Universal Use | |
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| Audience Considerations | |
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| Image Tricks | |
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| Barred Backgrounds | |
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| The Single-Pixel GIF | |
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| Tips | |
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| Summary | |
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| Work-Saving Tools | |
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| Filters | |
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| Templates | |
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| Authoring Tools | |
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| WebEdit Pro | |
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| Microsoft FrontPage | |
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| More Editors | |
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| Other Web Authoring Aids | |
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| FTP Tools | |
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| Graphics Utilities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Testing and Quality Assurance | |
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| Before You Go On-line | |
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| Copyedit | |
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| Jargon Check | |
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| Readability and Usability Check | |
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| Validate HTML | |
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| Verify Links | |
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| Browser and Platform Check | |
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| Speed Check | |
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| After the Site Goes On-line | |
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| Feedback Comments from Users | |
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| Logfile Analysis | |
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| Test after Upgrade | |
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| Final Note | |
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| Summary | |
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| Publishing to the Web | |
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| The Here and the There | |
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| FTP: The Internet's Pack Animal | |
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| Transfer Types | |
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| Manual FTP | |
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| Summary | |
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| Putting Data on the Internet | |
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| Service Providers | |
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| Other Considerations | |
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| Finding a Web Hosting Provider | |
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| Acquiring a Domain Name | |
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| Announcing a WWW Page | |
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| Netiquette | |
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| Places to Tell the World about Your Web Pages | |
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| Site Management | |
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| Summary | |
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| Future Directions | |
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| The Future of HTML | |
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| HTML 4.0 (Ne Cougar) | |
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| Extensible Markup Language: XML | |
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| Bandwidth Fixes | |
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| HTTP 1.0+ | |
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| Portable Network Graphics (PNG) | |
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| Push Technology | |
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| Security and Privacy | |
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| Digital Signatures | |
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| Firewalls and Proxy Servers | |
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| Content Ratings | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Reference | |
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| HTML Tag Reference | |
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| Document Formatting | |
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| Paragraph Formatting | |
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| Character Formatting | |
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| List Formatting | |
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| Anchor Formatting | |
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| Image Formatting | |
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| Table Formatting | |
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| Frames | |
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| Server Includes | |
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| Forms | |
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| Input Form Element Formatting | |
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| Index Pages | |
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| Cookie Processing | |
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| JavaScript Elements | |
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| Environment Variables | |
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| 8-bit ASCII Characters | |
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| Common Color Names and RGB Equivalents | |
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| More Information | |
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| Books | |
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| Newsgroups | |
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| Background/Basics/HTML | |
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| Browsers | |
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| Servers | |
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| CGI/Perl | |
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| JavaScript | |
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| Java | |
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| Websites | |
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| Bonus Links: Certification | |
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| Index | |