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WebReference Update: July 11, 2005

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

1. FEATURE: Core JavaScript Reference
2. FEATURE: How to Style an Unordered List with CSS
3.OTHER VOICES:

• What Price PageRank?
• Retrieving the First 'n' Records from a SQL Query
• eBay Developers Help Online Businesses Grow

4. NET NEWS:

• The State of Search in Europe
• High-Speed Internet Subscribers Revved in 2004
• No Jail Time For Sasser, Netsky Author

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1. FEATURE: Core JavaScript Reference

This online reference manual, in HTML format, explains everything you need to know about using core JavaScript 1.5. Written by the developers at Netscape Communications.

[Read the entire article ]

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2. FEATURE: How to Style an Unordered List with CSS

This article will show you how to style an unordered navigation list using CSS, then take it a step further and add a pop-up information box for each link item so that your visitors will get an indication of the content for the page link. Wow! Check it out!

[Read the entire article ]

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3.OTHER VOICES

• What Price PageRank?

  This an excellent look at the real value of the Goggle PageRank. According to Mike Grehan, the author, "What price PageRank? The price is actually based more on your own wasted time and effort if you honestly believe that little green meter on the Google toolbar counts for anything more than novelty value."
  ClickZ, July 11, 2005

• Retrieving the First 'n' Records from a SQL Query

  There are often times when retrieving results from a database that you only are interested in displaying the first 'n' records from the resulting query. For example, a news Web site might have a database table that contains a record for each story. On the homepage, they may want to display the 10 most recent stories from this table.
  4 Guys from Rolla, July 6, 2005

• eBay Developers Help Online Businesses Grow

  eBay's director of developers program talks about why entrepreneurs should still be excited about eBay and explains how developers and businesses are working together.
  ECommerce Guide, July 8, 2005

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4. NET NEWS

• The State of Search in Europe

  What is the state of search in Europe and how do the major players see search developing over the coming years? A special report from the Search Engine Strategies 2005 Conference, June 1-2, London.
  Search Engine Watch, July 6, 2005

• High-Speed Internet Subscribers Revved in 2004

  High-speed Internet connections reached 37.9 million subscribers in the U.S. last year, according to a report released by the Federal Communications Commission. Ninety-nine percent of the U.S. population is now able to subscribe to broadband, according the study.
  ClickZ, July 8, 2005

• No Jail Time For Sasser, Netsky Author

  The author of the Sasser and Netsky worms (define) was sentenced in a German court Friday to 21 months of probation.
  internetnews.com, July 8, 2005

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That's it for this Monday. I'll have more for you next time.

Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com

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Created: July 11, 2005

URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/050711.html