World Wide Web Reference Materials

This contains links to information on the World Wide Web (WWW), hypertext markup language, (http), and the hypertext transfer protocol daemon (HTTPD).

World Wide Web (WWW) Browsers
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
- Introductory Guides.
  - A Beginner's Guide to HTML
    Probably the best place to start. From a helpful glossary to loads of examples, your first primer.
  - Introduction to HTML
  - How to Write HTML Files
- Style Guides
  - Guides to the WWW, Writing HTML Documents etc.
    A good source of pointers to many guides.
  - Composing Good HTML
    A style guide that gives you the good, the bad, and the ugly. Learn the code, then how to use it properly.
  - CERN's style guide for online hypert (not available)
    A good hotlist of HTML resources around the Web. Examples, style guides, Netiquette, and more.
- Advanced Features
  - Beyond HTML: Extensions and Client-Server Interfaces
  - Extensions to HTML 2.0
    Netscape Navigator supports many extensions to HTML, including background patterns, tables, and dynamic document updating.
  - Extensions to HTML 3.0 Netscape Navigator 2.0 supports the latest extensions to HTML 3.0, including subscript and superscript, big and small print specifications, and new paragraph attributes.
  - Fill-out Forms Overview
    Fill-out Forms allow users to return information to the World Wide Web server.
  - Clickable Image Maps
- Frames
  - Frames: An Introuduction . Netscape Communications Corporation. Syntax and implementation notes.
  - Netscape Frames. Charlton Rose, Brigham Young University. Tutorial including layout, targeting, tags, implementation notes, and FAQ.
  - Framing the Web. Dan Brown, Athenia Associates. Tutorial including introduction, layout, frame interaction, summary cheat sheet.
- Additional References
  - The HTML Quick Reference Guide, which provides a comprehensive listing of HTML codes
  - The official HTML specification
  - HTML 3.2 Features at a Glance
  - A description of SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language
  - Dan Connolly's HTML Design Notebook.
    Dan Connolly is one of the originators of HTML.
- Specialized Guides and Pointers
  - A Beginner's Guide to URLs
    A Beginner's Guide to Uniform Resource Locators.
  - Other Mosaic/WWW Software
    Includes information on HTML Converters and Editors, Server Software, Other Tools for Information Providers, and NCSA Mosaic Resources.
  - Creating Net Sites
    Information on HTML from Netscape.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- The Common Gateway Interface e to CGI resources.
- Server-side "Gateway" Programs Ian Graham. Briefly cover ISINDEX, ISMAP, cgi-bin, FORMS,Server-Side Includes. (For more on Server-Side Includes, see The Server-Side Includes Tutorial.
- CGI configuration
- CGI Tutorial programs
JavaScript
- Introduction To Javasscript Stefan Koch. Chatty, informal, but useful introduction to JavaScript, defined by the author as "an extension to HTML than a separate computer language."
- Java Resources . DeZines Web Hosting. Listing of Java and Javascript resources, including mailing lists, news, libraries, etc.
- Making Sense of Java. Hank Shiffman, Silicon Graphics. Lists common beliefs about Java and provides commentary on their accuracy.
- Cup o' Joe Java Shop Applets, applications, classes, Java Development Kit, References, and utilities.
Hypertext transfer protocol daemon (HTTPD)
- NCSA's public domain HTTP server (comments to httpd@ncsa.uiuc.edu): Simple, lightweight, and portable; also can act as annotation server. Here is the online documentation.
- NCSA HTTPD tutorials
- Webmasters Starter Kit
  - EIT's enhanced httpd Web server
  - Server Extensions
- Plexus: Powerful and flexible Perl-based server.
- CERN HTTP server

Paul A. Farrell
Mon May 15 20:45:45 EDT 1995