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((((((((((((((((( WEBREFERENCE UPDATE NEWSLETTER ))))))))))))))))) December 11, 2000
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1. PERL: Weblog Unleashed 2. CONTESTS: Signup & Win, Submit & Win! 3. GRAPHICS: CorelDraw 101: Starting Your Page Right 4. DHTML: Hierarchical Menus 4: The Page-Specific Parameters 5. 3D: Designing Web 3D Interfaces - Part 1 6. JAVASCRIPT: Netscape 6, Part I: Detection and Scripting 7. FEATURE: Confirming Forms with JavaScript 8. NET NEWS: * Oracle to counter Microsoft with Web initiative * WAP Field Study Findings * Feels Like the Very First Time * Doctor awarded $675,000 in Net libel case
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MOTHER OF PERL: Weblog Unleashed
Weblog is a Web-based tool that allows you to manage multiple RSS channels. An update of Channel Manager, Weblog now features wireless support with WML and PALM feeds, plus a configurable installation script. By Jonathan Eisenzopf.
http://www.webreference.com/perl/tutorial/17/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. CONTESTS: Signup & Win, Submit & Win!
>Signup & Win!
Sign up for the Webreference Update newsletter, and you could win a killer software bundle from BoxTop Software and Insider Software including ProJPEG, SuperGIF, and SpaceAgent. Each week we'll draw new winners from our new subscribers - you could be next. Already a subscriber? Not a problem - just fill out the form, and you'll be automatically entered to win. Tell your friends!
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Luck winners this week are Joe Alvarado of Mission, TX, and David Leatherman from Normal, IL. Congrats and enjoy the software!
>Submit & Win Macromedia Flash 5 FreeHand 9 Studio!
Submit your article today and you could win Macromedia's powerful new Web design package, Flash 5 FreeHand 9 Studio. If your article makes the cut, and we publish it in this newsletter, you win! Last week you can win Flash 5, so enter today. See the submission page for details:
http://www.webreference.com/new/submit.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: CorelDraw 101: Starting Your Page Right
We continue our visual intro to Corel's amazing graphics program. This time we guide you through setting up your workspace. By Wendy Peck.
http://www.webreference.com/graphics/corel101/2/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. DHTML LAB: Hierarchical Menus 4: The Page-Specific Parameters
We continue our discussion of HM 4 with a look at the new appearance parameters you can use to create customized menus. Even 3D Window's-like menus. By Peter Belesis.
http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/column41/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Designing Web 3D Interfaces - Part 1
Zoom, rotate, and fly through these interactive 3D models. Robert Polevoi gives you something solid to Shout about with highlights from his new book.
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson107/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Netscape 6, Part I: Detection and Scripting
Learn how to detect Netscape 6, and avoid proprietary features for three-way browser-independent code. By Yehuda Shiran.
http://www.webreference.com/js/column72/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. FEATURED ARTICLE: Confirming Forms with JavaScript
Take the burden off your server for form-field validation and user interaction with a few lines of JavaScript. By Stephen Mai.
http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/confirm/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. NET NEWS: Oracle to counter Microsoft with Web initiative, WAP Field Study Findings, Feels Like the Very First Time, Doctor awarded $675,000 in Net libel case
>Oracle to counter Microsoft with Web initiative
Oracle is expected to announce its technology road map for helping companies deliver services over the Web, following similar announcements from Microsoft and IBM recently. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4060078.html News.com, 001208
>WAP Field Study Findings
Following a UK field study, 70% of users decided not to continue using WAP. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001210.html useit.com, 001210
>Feels Like the Very First Time
A new e-commerce survey of 1,135 online shoppers found that almost half or fully 45 percent of those making purchases on the Internet this holiday season will be doing so for the first time. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_531721,00.html InternetNews.com, 001211
>Doctor awarded $675,000 in Net libel case
A former doctor at Emory University School of Medicine has won what his lawyers say is the first libel verdict based on an anonymous Internet message. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4078024.html News.com, 001209
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Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com clevy@internet.com
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