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Do you have too many books about the Web and not enough space on your bookshelf? WebMaster in a Nutshell takes all the essential reference information for the Web and pulls it together into one slim volume. This book is a quick reference for anyone who does work on the Web - content providers, programmers, and administrators alike. WebMaster in a Nutshell covers: HTML 3.2, the markup language for web documents CGI, for creating interactive content on the Web JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML HTML extensions by Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Examples and descriptions of the HTML tags for creating frames, tables, and fill-in forms HTTP 1.1, the underlying protocol that drives the Web Configuration for the Apache, NCSA, CERN, Netscape, and WebSite servers Perl 5, the programming language used most often for CGI WinCGI, the CGI interface for Windows-based programming languages Cookies, for maintaining state between multiple instances of CGI, Java, and JavaScript programs Server Side Includes, for embedding dynamic data into web pages WebMaster in a Nutshell breaks up these topics into concise, distinct chapters, designed to make it easy to find the information you want at a moment's notice. This is a book that anyone working seriously on the Web will find indispensable.
Web authors and administrators have many sources of information, both in print and online. Webmaster in a Nutshell pulls it all together into one slim volume--for easy desktop access. It will be an essential reference for anyone providing content for the Web, for CGI programmers, and for administrators of Web servers.