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                           July 3, 2000

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1. SUBMIT & WIN: SoftQuad XMetaL 2.0! 2. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Vector Gradient Fills: Two Choices for Gradient Effects 3. DHTML Lab: New Hierarchical Menus Versions 4. HTML With Style: The Font of Foulness, Part II 5. NEW LINKS: Internet Job Resources 6. OTHER VOICES: * Getting Started with VRML in 3D Studio MAX * Counting Page Hits/Views Using ASP * Perl: Small Observations about the Big Picture * Let's Do the Time Warp 7. NET NEWS: * The Age of E-Sigs is Here * Failed Dot-coms May be Selling Your Private Information * Court Clarifies Domain Protections * Quarter of U.K. Population Uses Net, Say Analysts

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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. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Vector Gradient Fills: Two Choices for Gradient Effects

Vexed by vector gradients? Open a world of new options for your layouts, and grab control of more gradient fill power with this new tutorial for Illustrator and Freehand users. By Wendy Peck.

http://webreference.com/graphics/column28/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DHTML Lab: New Hierarchical Menus Versions

>Hierarchical Menus Verison 3.10.1

When our DHTML expert discovered that some of the features introduced in version 3.9 of his popular menus were causing display troubles in IE5, he set the midnight oil burning. In the morning, we unlocked the door to his cage, and out popped one more revision. By Peter Belesis.

http://webreference.com/dhtml/column21/addendum10-1/

>Hierarchical Menus Version 3.10

Fresh on the heels of Version 3.09, our DHTML guru offers one more quick update to his popular menus, and learns to never say never. This time, the focus is on Navigator, re-enabling font color features for UNIX users and creating more elegant, stabler and quieter menus for all platforms. By Peter Belesis.

http://webreference.com/dhtml/column21/addendum10/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. HTML With Style: The Font of Foulness, Part II - Many Faces, Many Colors

Having a face-off with the tags littering your HTML? Blast them from your and take control of your code with CSS power! Stephanos Piperoglou returns in the next phase of his crusade against sloppy and inefficient web coding.

http://webreference.com/html/tutorial23/

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. NEW LINKS: Internet Job Resources

Looking for a new job? Keeping an eye out for your perfect placement? The Web development field has an amazingly high job turn-over rate and there are more than enough career Web sites to cover it. Use our links to find your dream job today!

http://webreference.com/internet/jobs/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. OTHER VOICES: Getting Started with VRML in 3D Studio MAX, Counting Page Hits/Views of Your Web-site Using ASP, Perl: Small observations about the big picture, Let's Do the Time Warp

>Getting Started with VRML in 3D Studio MAX R3.1

A full tutorial on creating your own 3D and Virtual Reality files in Discreet's 3D Studio MAX R3.1. The program has a built-in VRML exporter that translates MAX files into VRML files. http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/vrml/start1.html WebDevelopersJournal.com, 000628

>Counting Page Hits/Views Using ASP

For Webmasters, it is always very important to keep an eye on number of visits per page so they can have an idea about the popularity of a page or which pages are mostly visited by the users. Learn how to log the page hits into a database and use that data to build different reports to present daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly page statistics. http://www.asptoday.com/articles/20000630.htm ASPToday.com, 000630

>Perl: Small Observations About the Big Picture

Make your Perl code more reliable - and easier to maintain - with these 9 tips for increasing the clarity of your code. http://www-4.ibm.com/software/developer/library/perl1/ IBM DeveloperWorks, 000600

>Let's Do the Time Warp

Sometimes in order to go forward, you must first go backward, especially if you're designing for handhelds. Only a handful of developers are actually working to deliver content to alternative devices, and the rest of us are wondering how to negotiate these alien lands. http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/07/desi/ WebTechniques.com, 0007

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. NET NEWS: The Age of E-Sigs is Here, Failed Dot-coms May be Selling Your Private Information, Court Clarifies Domain Protections, Quarter of U.K. Population Uses Net, Say Analysts

>The Age of E-Sigs is Here

U.S. President Clinton signed the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act" into law, giving electronic signatures and documents the same force in law as those done with ink on paper. The act eliminates legal barriers to using electronic technology to form and sign contracts, collect and store documents, and send and receive notices and disclosures. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37342,00.html Wired.com, 000630

>Failed Dot-coms May be Selling Your Private Information

Some dot-com failures, including Boo.com, and Toysmart, are resorting to selling customer data as they scramble to find assets that can be sold to appease creditors. The practice has raised the hackles of some privacy watchdogs, who feel that the practice is at best unethical and at worst, potentially illegal. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2176430.html News.com, 000629

>Court Clarifies Domain Protections

A federal California court this week ruled trademark and service mark protections did not apply to generic domain extensions. The ruling stated that .web is not protectable as a trademark and dismissed all claims, saying that ".web" is a "generic top-level domain" (gTLDs) and not protectable. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_406391,00.html InternetNews.com, 000630

>Quarter of U.K. Population Uses Net, Say Analysts

The Internet is now used at least once a month or more by a quarter of the U.K. population, according to figures published Friday by Forrester Research. Growth of Internet usage has been steady rather than explosive in the U.K., up from 15 percent in December 1998 to 21 percent in May 1999, to 24 percent in November 1999 and topping 25 percent in May this year. http://www.internetnews.com/intl-news/article/0,2171,6_406171,00.html InternetNews.com, 000630

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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