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http://www.webreference.com http://www.webreference.com/new/ http://www.webreference.com/new/submit.html No, we're not revisiting the Blair Witch Project, but this week Wendy does delve into the murky world of shadows in Photoshop 6 and Paint Shop Pro 7. Jonathan continues his quest to voice-enable the Web, Doctor J starts a new tutorial on pop-out horizontal text menus, and Michael compares the top XML parsers. Yours truly updates his popup menus article, and reviews a new book devoted entirely to the creation of the Web. Happy Halloween!

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

1. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Into the Shadows 2. MOTHER OF PERL: Two-Way Telephone Interaction 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Pop-out Menu Bars, Part I: IE Version 4. EXPLORING XML: XML Parsers 5. UPDATE: The Ultimate Live Pop-up Menu 6. NEW BOOK: How the Web was Born 7. TWO GREAT CONTESTS: Submit & Win, Signup & Win! 8. OTHER VOICES: * How Ray Ozzie got his Groove Back * Building a Better Web Experience * Is Now the Time to Start Charging for Your Content? * Interview with Larry Wall on Perl 6 9. NET NEWS: * Primedia Snaps Up About * Librarians Slam Digital Copyright Ruling * USA Today to Build Content Management System * Ads on Web Don't Click * An electronic medium to reach the dearly departed

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Into the Shadows

Learn how to create custom shadows to make your pages stand out from the crowd. By Wendy Peck.

http://webreference.com/graphics/column38/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. MOTHER OF PERL: Two-Way Telephone Interaction

We continue our quest to voice-enable your Web site with the Modem::Vgetty Perl module. This time we add the ability to make menu selections with your phone's keypad. By Jonathan Eisenzopf.

http://www.webreference.com/perl/tutorial/15/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Pop-out Menu Bars, Part I: IE Version

Learn how to create these sleek horizontal pop-down menus to help navigate your site. By Yehuda Shiran.

http://webreference.com/js/column71/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. EXPLORING XML: XML Parsers

The key building block of XML applications, XML parsers extract data from XML files. We compare the most popular candidates. By Michael Classen.

http://webreference.com/xml/column22/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. UPDATE: The Ultimate Live Pop-up Menu

This latest iteration of our JavaScript-enhanced yet CGI- degradable popup menus works with all browsers. By Andrew King.

http://webreference.com/dev/menus/live.html#ultimate

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NEW BOOK: How the Web was Born

"The Story of the World Wide Web." Now nearly ubiquitous the World Wide Web is only a decade old. Born at CERN with its roots in ARPA and the cold war, this book chronicles the development of the Web and computer networking from 1958 through the present. Written by two key CERN employees, including Robert Cailliau, who joined Tim Berners Lee's hypertext project in 1990.

How the Web was Born by James Gillies & Robert Cailliau Oxford University Press, $15.95 ISBN: 0-19-286207-3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. TWO GREAT CONTESTS: Submit & Win, Singup & Win!

>Submit & Win Photoshop 6!

Yes that's right folks, submit your article today and you could win Adobe's new Photoshop 6. If your article makes the cut for WebRef's Thursday newsletter, you win Photoshop 6. See our submission page for details:

http://www.webreference.com/new/submit.html

>Signup & Win

Sign up for the Webreference Update newsletter, and you could win a registered copy of HoTMetaL Professional 6.0 Web authoring tool from Softquad Software, Inc plus Ulead's PhotoImpact 6! Each week we'll draw new winners from our new subscribers - you could be next. Tell your friends!

This week's winners are Michael Clesceri of Chandler, AZ, Mahesh Misal of Chennai, India, Ganapathi Raman of Spokane, WA, and Marc Elderen of Brisbane, Australia.. Congrats, enjoy the software!

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. OTHER VOICES: How Ray Ozzie got his Groove Back, Building a Better Web Experience, Is Now the Time to Start Charging for Your Content?, Interview with Larry Wall on Perl 6

>How Ray Ozzie got his Groove Back

John Udell interviews Ray Ozzie, creator of Lotus Notes, and now Groove Networks about Groove, a peer-to-peer collaboration tool that allows groups to securely interact in a decentralized, ad-hoc, administrator-less fashion. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/p2p/2000/10/24/ozzie_interview.html O'Reilly Network, 001024

>Building a Better Web Experience

Jakob Nielsen and friends are going on a world usability tour in an effort to raise awareness and improve the Web. He thinks that too many marketing and design execs come from the "one-way" world of TV, radio, and print, and just don't get the interactive design that's necessary for a successful Web project. http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/daily/0,3467,617001027,00.html Fortune.com, 001027

>Is Now the Time to Start Charging for Your Content?

The business model of offering free content and supporting that expense largely by advertising and e-commerce revenues is clearly suspect these days. Publishers are looking for alternatives - and one that's looking good to a growing number is to charge for content. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stop/st102500.htm Editor & Publisher, 001025

>Interview with Larry Wall on Perl 6

The new Open Source Developers Journal has an interview with Larry Wall on his plans for Perl 6. The interview's available in print only, but more info is available at: http://www.osdj.com OSDJ.com, 001031

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. NET NEWS: Primedia Snaps Up About, Librarians Slam Digital Copyright Ruling, USA Today to Build Content Management System, Ads on Web Don't Click, An electronic medium to reach the dearly departed

>Primedia Snaps Up About

Speciality magazine publisher Primedia Inc. will acquire search site About.com in a deal worth $690 million. http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2646424,00.html ZDNet.com, 001030

>Librarians Slam Digital Copyright Ruling

Library associations are upset by a Library of Congress ruling this week that they claim destroys the "fair-use" principles that govern published materials. http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20001027S0008 Information Week, 001027

>USA Today to Build Content Management System

USAToday.com has hired a consultant to help build a content management system for the site's future online publishing efforts. http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/102600n2.htm Editor and Publisher, 001026

>Ads on Web Don't Click

It's not only Web surfers who are losing interest. Internet start-up companies, which have bought the bulk of online ads, are increasingly selective about where they put their dwindling dollars. Meanwhile, the major off-line brands aren't promoting their wares on the Internet quite as much as expected. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28702-2000Oct27.html Washington Post, 001027

>An electronic medium to reach the dearly departed

Call it the World Wide Ouija Board. Through a growing network of memorial sites dedicated to the deceased, the Internet has become the medium of choice for friends and family to convey their thoughts to loved ones who have departed the physical world. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3337187.html News.com, 001030

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That's it for this week, see you next time.

Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com

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