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1. SUBMIT & WIN: SoftQuad XMetaL 2.0! 2. HTML WITH STYLE: The Font of Foulness, Pt. 1 - Size Matters 3. GRAPHIC GREATS: Text on Display 4. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Doc's Tips are Hot! 5. NEW LINKS: Web Design Lessons, CGI Scripts and Tutorials, Style Guides for HTML 6. OTHER VOICES: * DOM Design Tricks * Flash 4 - Adding Sound * Server Insecurity 7. NET NEWS: * AOL Debuts AOLTV * AOL Security Breach Exposes Personal Info * Security Firms Move to Combat File-Swapping Tools * Domain Registrar Launches Trademark Service, * Wisconsin Woman Auctions Personal Info Online
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. SUBMIT & WIN: SoftQuad XMetaL 2.0!
Everyone's abuzz about XML. So what better time to win a copy of XMetaL 2.0, the powerful new XML editor from SoftQuad? Just submit your article for the WebReference Update newsletter - if you get published, you win!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. HTML WITH STYLE: The Font of Foulness, Pt. 1 - Size Matters
Stephanos Piperoglou starts his campaign against evil HTML with an assault on one of the seven scourges of the Web: the FONT element. Learn how to control the size of your fonts while keeping your documents small, slick and valid - and come back from the Dark side.
http://webreference.com/html/tutorial22/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. GRAPHIC GREATS: Text on Display
Looking for that certain flair your Web site is missing? Check out how your text design and execution stands up to some top professionals in this week's Graphic Greats. By Wendy Peck.
http://webreference.com/graphics/greats/8/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Doc's Tips are Hot!
Have you browsed Doc JavaScript's tip archive yet? Well, get on the boat! Doc's tips are red-hot, hip and handy - and they've quickly become one of the most popular features on Webreference. Remember, a tip a day keeps the bugs at bay.
http://webreference.com/js/tips/browse.html
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***********************************************************adv.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. NEW LINKS: Web Design Lessons, CGI Scripts and Tutorials, Style Guides for HTML
>Web Design Lessons
It's a well known fact that not all Web sites are created equal. Use our design tutorials to give your site the edge it needs to beat out the rest of the pack. http://webreference.com/authoring/design/tutorials.html
>CGI Scripts and Tutorials
The Common Gateway Interface is a standard in client-host communication that can provide your Web site with the interactive features you crave. Our links will point programmers and newbies alike toward CGI success. http://webreference.com/programming/cgi.html
>Style Guides for HTML
You may know how to code like the best of 'em, but how does your work stand up stylewise? As more businesses take to the Web, getting your site noticed in the crowd has more to do with good form than killer coding. Use our links to brush up in style. http://webreference.com/authoring/style/htmlstyle.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. OTHER VOICES: DOM Design Tricks, Flash 4 - Adding Sound, Server Insecurity
>DOM Design Tricks
In Part One of a spankin' new series, J. David Eisenberg shows you, step by step, how to use the W3C Document Object Model (DOM), Style Sheets, and JavaScript to pull off nifty design tricks and add value to your site's content. http://www.alistapart.com/stories/dom2/index.html AListApart.com, 000616
>Flash 4 - Adding Sound
Build on the knowledge and examples from WDJ's Flash For Beginners and Flash For Intermediates tutorials. In this final tutorial, learn to give life to your Flash 4 movie by adding sound. http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/flash3/flash3-intro.html WebDevelopersJournal.com, 000616
>Server Insecurity
Web servers are the hacker target du jour. Learn four popular hacks on NT systems and what you can do to fix your system. http://www.builder.com/Servers/SecurityFixes/ Builder.com, 000613
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***********************************************************adv.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. NET NEWS: AOL Debuts AOLTV, AOL Security Breach Exposes Personal Info, Security Firms Move to Combat File-Swapping Tools, Domain Registrar Launches Trademark Service, Wisconsin Woman Auctions Personal Info Online
>AOL Debuts AOLTV
America Online took to the air waves with the launch its interactive television service, dubbed AOLTV. AOLTV viewers can watch television using their existing broadcast signals and choose from a variety of popular AOL features including e-mail, instant messaging, and chat through a set-top box. http://www.internetnews.com/prod-news/article/0,2171,9_396811,00.html InternetNews.com, 000619
>AOL Security Breach Exposes Personal Info
America Online has confirmed that hackers have illegally compromised an undisclosed number of its member accounts by targeting key company employees with an email virus. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2091566.html CNet.com, 000616
>Security Firms Move to Combat File-Swapping Tools
Whether it's tools for tracking Napster users to deny access to copywritten material, stemming the file-swapping tide to preserve bandwidth, or killing file-sharing outright, network security providers are heeding the call to create a line of defense. http://www.internetnews.com/prod-news/article/0,2171,9_396371,00.html InternetNews.com, 000616
>Domain Registrar Launches Trademark Service
Branding is the name of the game in the new Internet economy and that means protecting trademarks is everything. Register.com Inc. and Name Protect.com Monday launched Trademark Guardian, a new trademark monitoring service that allows companies and individuals to do just that. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_396941,00.html InternetNews.com, 000619
>Wisconsin Woman Auctions Personal Info Online
Tracy Coyle has heard about the value that Web marketers place on personal information, and she's decided to cash in. She is offering her data (ranging from her financial status to her "favorite allergy medicine") to the highest bidder. http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16008,00.html TheStandard.net, 000614
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
Eric Cook Assistant Editor, WebReference.com ecook@internet.com
Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com clevy@internet.com
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