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This week we've got something special for you. An interactive 3D game "Scan the Skies," another highlight from Robert's new book on Shout3D. Submit your article and you could win Macromedia's Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio. We're beefing up our reference section with a Web color reference from Stephanos, look for more reference info in the future. Let us know what you'd like there and we'll do our best to make it happen.
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. 3D: Scan the Skies! 2. HTML: Web Color Reference 3. DHTML: Hierarchical Menus 4: The Page-Specific Parameters 4. NEW CONTEST: Submit & Win Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio! 5. NEW LINKS: Content Management Systems, Perl Resources, Fresh Flash Links 6. OTHER VOICES: * Design Usability * XML Content Syndication: Part 4 * Banner Ad Management Software * Using XML and Relational Databases with Perl 7. NET NEWS: * Internet Portals Are Getting Personal * Natural Language Processing * E-Holiday Sales See Surge Down Under
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Scan the Skies!
Play a 3D shoot-em-up game from Robert's new book on Shout3D. Take interactive 3D to the next level using Shout3D and Java, no plugins required. By Robert Polevoi.
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson108/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. HTML WITH STYLE: Web Color Reference
By popular demand we're expanding our reference information. Stephanos' first offering is a complete color reference that includes tables of named colors, the 216 "Websafe" palette, and the new "Reallysafe" palette. Note that this "Reallysafe" palette, first coined by Webmonkey, does not take into account 15-bit "high color" displays.
http://www.webreference.com/html/reference/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DHTML LAB: Hierarchical Menus 4: The Page-Specific Parameters
The final set of HM 4's new appearance parameters you can use to achieve total menu customization. Next time, the script itself. By Peter Belesis.
http://webreference.com/dhtml/column42/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW CONTEST: Submit & Win Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio, Signup & Win ProJPEG, SuperGIF, and SpaceAgent
>Submit & Win Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio!
Yes that's right folks. Submit your article today and you could win Macromedia's killer Web design combo. Don't delay, send us your ideas today.
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>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 Joan Bos of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Narses Barona of Raleigh, NC, Darlene Dye of St. Joseph, MO. Congrats and enjoy the software!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. NEW LINKS: Content Management Systems, Perl Resources, Fresh Flash Links
>Content Management Systems
These systems let developers post content in a hurry and build sites without long hours of coding.
http://webreference.com/authoring/languages/html/site.html
>Perl Resources
Perl is one of the most commonly used languages on the Web. Find out where to get started here.
http://webreference.com/programming/perl/
>Fresh Flash Links
Flash has quickly become one of the hottest technologies on the Web dev front today.
http://webreference.com/multimedia/flash.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. OTHER VOICES: Design Usability, XML Content Syndication: Part 4, Banner Ad Management Software, Using XML and Relational Databases with Perl
>Design Usability
Poor usability means lost sales, customers, and credibility for your organization, which is utterly unnecessary. Internet World assembled a panel of experts including Nielsen and Rosenfeld to help you negotiate the usability maze. http://www.internetworld.com/121500/12.15.00feature1long.asp Internet World, 001215
>XML Content Syndication: Part 4
The fourth and final extract from "Applied XML Solutions," a new book from Benot Marchal, including a servlet that takes XML documents and style sheets and returns HTML, WML, or RSS documents. http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/xml_syndication4.html WDJ, 001213
>Banner Ad Management Software
There is strong demand both for outsourced ad management and for software solutions that can be run in-house by publishers. Most of the top-end ad management outfits now offer both options. http://wdvl.com/Internet/Commerce/Banner_Ad_Software/ WDVL, 001213
>Using XML and Relational Databases with Perl
This article explores how Perl can be used to transfer data between XML and relational databases, and how XML can bridge two disparate databases. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/12/13/perlxmldb.html XML.com, 001213
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. NET NEWS: Internet Portals Are Getting Personal, Natural Language Processing, E-Holiday Sales See Surge Down Under
>Internet Portals Are Getting Personal
The newest generation of corporate Internet portals sport the latest browser interfaces and perform amazing technological feats of access, integration, aggregation, and analysis. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20001215S0010 Techweb.com, 001215
>Natural Language Processing
Parallel efforts are under way at industry giants such as IBM and Microsoft to enable better hands-free computing. These research labs are creating a new generation of interfaces that will allow us to engage computers in extended conversation http://www.techreview.com/articles/jan01/TR10_jensen.html MIT Technology Review, Jan/Feb. 2001
>E-Holiday Sales See Surge Down Under
Online shoppers in Australia will more than double this year according to a report released Monday by Ernst & Young. http://ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6149.html E-Commerce Times, 001218
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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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