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1. SUBMIT & WIN: SoftQuad XMetaL 2.0! 2. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Vector Gradient Fills - Part 2 3. XPLORING XML: Registering and Publishing with RSS 4. DOC JAVASCRIPT: HTML Components 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: MAX for Character Animation 6. NEW NEWSLETTER: New JavaScript.com Newsletter! 7. OTHER VOICES: * Configuring Your Apache Installation * Cascading Menus * Good Practices in Form Design 8. NET NEWS: * FTC Tries to Stop Sale of Toysmart Customer Lists * AT&T Launches 'Ecosystem for Media' * Lawsuit Accuses Netscape of Eavesdropping * IPv6: It's About Time * Lloyd's Offers Hacker Insurance

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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 - Part 2

In the final installment of her gradient fills series, Wendy Peck returns with a look at CorelDraw and Macromedia Flash. Learn the moves it takes to master these common but powerful effects and give your graphics an edge.

http://webreference.com/graphics/column29/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. XPLORING XML: Registering and Publishing with RSS

Now that you've learned how to make an RSS news feed for your site, what are you going to do with it? Shout about it to the world, and submit to syndication sources near and far! Michael Classen, our man on the XML scene, shows you how.

http://webreference.com/xml/column14/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. DOC JAVASCRIPT: HTML Components

HTML Components are the new thing! So new, in fact, that your browser probably doesn't support them yet. These new additions to IE5.5 are self-sustained encapsulated objects that can be developed once and distributed everywhere. How can you benefit from using them? Let the Doc show you. By Dr. Yehuda and Tomer Shiran.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: MAX for Character Animation

Oh, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone, the leg bone's connected to the foot vertices, the foot vertices are connected to the character mesh.... Looking to tackle character animation and modeling in 3D Studio Max? The time is now to learn how! By Rob Polevoi.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. OTHER VOICES: Configuring Your Apache Installation, Cascading Menus, Good Practices in Form Design

>Configuring Your Apache Installation

After you've installed your Apache Web server, you'll still need to perform some configuration tasks specific to your needs. In this article, Rich Bowen covers the most common configuration tasks and how to accomplish them. http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-07-10-001-01-NW-LF-SWApacheToday.com, 000710

>Cascading Menus

Cascading menus are everywhere. The Start Menu in Windows is a perfect example. Learn to create cascading menus in Internet Explorer 5. If any other browser is used, the cascade won't show but remains neutral, so your visitor can follow a normal hyperlink that's in exactly the same place as the cascade. http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/cascading/menus.htmlWebDevelopersJournal.com, 000705

>Good Practices in Form Design

Compared to most elements of Web application design, HTML forms are refreshingly simple so you can focus more on business and data tier design. Nonetheless, it's still possible to spend an extraordinary amount of time developing and maintaining forms. With care, you can reduce the effort behind this task and produce better results as well. http://www.15seconds.com/Issue/000706.htm15Seconds.com, 000706

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. NET NEWS: FTC Tries to Stop Sale of Toysmart Customer Lists AT&T Launches 'Ecosystem for Media', Lawsuit Accuses Netscape of Eavesdropping, IPv6: It's About Time, Lloyd's Offers Hacker Insurance

>FTC Tries to Stop Sale of Toysmart Customer Lists

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal court against Toysmart.com in an attempt to forbid the defunct toy retailer from selling its consumer data to another company. http://www.thestandard.net/article/display/0,1151,16688,00.html TheStandard.net, 000710

>AT&T Launches 'Ecosystem for Media'

AT&T announced today a network services platform with a co- marketing and distribution program that will allow companies to create, manage and distribute audio and video over the Internet. http://www.internetnews.com/streaming-news/article/0,2171,8161_410951,00.html InternetNews.com, 000710

>Lawsuit Accuses Netscape of Eavesdropping

A class action lawsuit filed June 30th in a federal court in New York accuses Netscape and its parent company America Online Inc. of electronically eavesdropping on communications between Web site operators and the visitors who download files from them. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_410521,00.html InternetNews.com, 000707

>IPv6: It's About Time

The first overhaul to IP in 25 years promises quality, security and zillions of badly needed addresses. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2600183,00.html ZDNet.com, 000707

>Lloyd's Offers Hacker Insurance

You can insure your house, you can insure your car, and you can insure your life - so why not insure your Web site? Lloyd's of London will offer up to $100 million in insurance coverage against hacker-related losses. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2232221.html CNet.com, 000709

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

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