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1. SUBMIT & WIN: SoftQuad XMetaL 2.0! 2. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Rotation Builder, Rollover Builder 3. FEATURED ARTICLE: Working With Flash 4. EXPLORING XML: Creating RSS files for Your Web Site 5. DHTML LAB: Hierarchical Menus Ver. 3 - Addendum IX 6. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: From Sci-Fi to E-Commerce 7. OTHER VOICES: * Review - Adobe InDesign 1.5 Pro * Advanced SSI Techniques * Migrating from HTML to XML 8. NET NEWS: * Handhelds Grab Spotlight at PC Expo * Google Launches Super Search Engine * Senate Votes to Block Rules on Ergonomics * Teens spin Web of the future
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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!
http://www.webreference.com/new/submit.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. DOC JAVASCRIPT: New Rotation and Rollover Builder Tools
>Rotation Builder Tool
Build your own rotating tips, messages, or ads with point and click ease! The Doc delivers another cool tool with maximum options for content customization - set up hourly, daily, monthly, random or numbered messages, then cut-n-paste the code and go. By Tomer and Yehuda Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/tools/rotations/
>Rollover Builder Tool
Instant JavaScript Rollovers - just add water! The Doc's new cool tool lets you build custom link rollovers the easy way for Netscape 6.X and IE 4.X+. Pick your parameters, and the tool creates the code. Cut, paste and roll away! By Tomer and Yehuda Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/tools/rollovers/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. FEATURED ARTICLE: Working With Flash
Trying to figure out where to start with Flash? Sick of tutorials that either assume you're a expert or treat you like a dummy? Walk through making a simple splash screen for your site, and get on the road to killer animations today! By Kate Levy.
http://webreference.com/multimedia/flash/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. EXPLORING XML: Creating RSS files for Your Web Site
Want to learn the mysteries of the Rich Site Summary format? Start promoting your content across the Web with this exciting new distribution method. Our XML Xpert shows you how! By Michael Classen.
http://webreference.com/xml/column13/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. DHTML LAB: Hierarchical Menus Ver. 3 - Addendum IX
IE5 for the Mac sports a whole new look and features even bigger internal changes. Our DHTML expert hit the lab to rework the popular Hierarchical Menus script to make it more Mac friendly. Learn what changes were needed to make the last maintenance release of version 3 compatible with NN4+, IE4+Win, and IE5Mac. By Peter Belesis.
http://webreference.com/dhtml/column21/addendum9/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: From Sci-Fi to E-Commerce
The new 3D artist needs to focus as much on interactivity as on visual perfection. Blaxxun has combined the best of the old (VRML) with the best of the new (Web 3D) to stay focused on their vision of 3D as a vehicle for communication and community on the Web. By Rob Polevoi.
http://webreference.com/3d/lesson95/
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Wrox Professional Web Developer Conference Building on last year's events, the Wrox Professional Web Developer Conference will focus on current e-commerce development trends including and how to make the most of current technologies by introducing you to the next generation of Windows solutions.
http://www.wroxconferences.com/WebdevUSA
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>Review: Adobe InDesign 1.5 Pro
Adobe is positioning their top-line page layout package as a direct competitor to Quark Xpress. Can it tackle the DTP crown from the Quark king - and produce quality HTML output to boot? http://webdevelopersjournal.com/software/indesign.html WebDevelopersJournal.com, 000621
>Advanced SSI Techniques
In the third part of his series on Server Side Includes (SSI), Rich Bowen covers some advanced SSI techniques, including setting variables, expressing conditionals. http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-06-26-001-01-NW-LF-SW ApacheToday, 000626
>Migrating from HTML to XML
HTML is quickly becoming a legacy format and you're about to be stuck with thousands of legacy documents. Relax, you can convert to XML with ease using a few tools. http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/07/fischer/ WebTechniques.com, 000700
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. NET NEWS: Handhelds Grab Spotlight at PC Expo, Google Launches Super Search Engine, Senate Votes to Block Rules on Ergonomics, Teens Spin Web of the Future
>Handhelds Grab Spotlight at PC Expo
PC Expo opens today in New York, and one of the toughest things to find at the show will be a personal computer. Handheld computers, Internet appliances and other gadgets will be the central focus of the four-day trade show. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2136204.html CNet.com, 000626
>Google Launches Super Search Engine
In a showdown with rivals AltaVista Co. and Inktomi Corp., Google Inc. rolled out what it claims is the largest search engine on the Net, with over 1 billion pages indexed. With it, the fast growing Google scored a major coup by dethroning Inktomi from the default search engine provider slot on Yahoo! Inc. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_402401,00.html InternetNews.com, 00026
>Senate Votes to Block Rules on Ergonomics
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday night to block proposed Clinton administration rules giving workers new protections against repetitive motion injuries. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti143.htm USAToday.com, 000624
>Teens Spin Web of the Future
The annual ArsDigita Foundation contest for teen programmers wrapped up on Friday featuring impressive sites from the Web dev field's youngest members. "The programming abilities of these kids is just off the charts," said Barbara Link, director of the ArsDigita Foundation. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2144040.html CNet.com, 000624
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com mailto:update@webreference.com
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Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com mailto:clevy@internet.com
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