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SEPTEMBER 21, 1998
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New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. DMITRY'S DESIGN LAB: Preparing for XML
2. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: VRML - Back From the Brink
3. EXTRA! INTERNET BUZZ: The Starr Report: Old Media Bows Before
the Internet
4. DHTML DINER:
* Toggling Tool Tips in IE4
* Hierarchical Menus, Version 3.01
5. NEW LINKS:
* Search Engine Positioning
* Java Resources
* Intranet Resources
6. OTHER VOICES:
* Major SSL Security Hole? - WebDeveloper.com
* Spotlight on Graphics - Builder.com
* The XML Files: Understanding the DOM, Part 2 - WebDeveloper.com
* Introduction to Databases for the Web - Part 2 - WDVL.com
7. NET NEWS:
* Go Network Announced
* An Automated Yahoo?
* Draft domain name plan goes public
* A Pure Java Browser?
Spread the word! Feel free to send a copy of this newsletter to
your friends and colleagues, and while you're at it, snap a link to
WebReference.com.
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1. NEW FEATURE: News Harvester 3.1 Beta - Perl/DHTML Version
JUST RELEASED: News Harvester 3.1 BETA puts LIVE HEADLINES visible
on all browsers, scrolling on most, ON YOUR SITE, 24/7. FREE (our
site's updated too.) News Harvester was developed as a traffic
lure: fresh content to keep users coming back.
This BETA version of News Harvester 3.1 combines the best of both
worlds, the scrolling action of our DHTML version plus the speed
and universality of our Perl version.
Users of DHTML compliant browsers will see the scrolling headlines,
and users of all other browsers will see the static headlines.
This new Perl/DHTML version uses a new positioning technique and
is very fast, due to optimized DHTML code, and embedded headlines
within your page for instant page loads. NH 3.1 is ideal for high
traffic sites or those outside of the United States, or the earth's
gravitational pull.
News Harvester allows you to integrate headlines from Internetnews.com
on your site updated throughout the day. Grab yours today. Did we
mention that it was beta?
http://www.webreference.com/headlines/nh/
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2. DMITRY'S DESIGN LAB: Preparing for XML
He's back, and better than ever. Fresh from a summer-long sabbatical
styling sites Dmitry's come back to share what he's learned. First
up the benefits of HTML modularization and XML.
The revolution is coming, will you be ready? XML is on its way and
if you don't know how to separate form from function you may be
setting your sites too low. Find out how to modularize your HTML
to prepare for the coming XML/XSL perestroika. By Dmitry Kirsanov.
http://www.webreference.com/dlab/9809/
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3. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: VRML - Back From the Brink
Platinum Technologies buys Cosmo, and takes charge. There's hope
for VRML yet. Also, find out about yet another *ML: BHTML. By
Robert Polevoi.
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson49/
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4. EXTRA! INTERNET BUZZ: The Starr Report: Old Media Bows Before
the Internet
The release of the Starr report will go down in history as the day
the old media fully embraced competition from the Internet. But
the old media fails when it pretends to be the Internet - and the
Internet fails when it tries to be a broadcast medium. Find out
why. By Rich Wiggins.
http://www.webreference.com/outlook/extra3/
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5. DHTML DINER: Toggling Tool Tips in IE4, Hierarchical Menus,
Version 3.01
Learn the correct use of the new HTML4 TITLE attribute, which you
can use to create bandwidth-efficient popup tool tips. Offer your
users a method to turn the display of tool tips on and off with
this short script. By Chef Peter Belesis.
http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/diner/titletog/
This just in...
>Hierarchical Menus, Version 3.01
A maintenance version of our popular menu script. Upgrade to this
new version, which fixes a problem specific to Navigator for UNIX.
Make sure all your visitors enjoy the maximum features possible.
By Peter Belesis.
http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/column21/addendum/
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6. NEW LINKS: Search Engine Positioning, Java and Intranet Resources
>Search Engine Positioning
Toot your own horn even louder. Learn how to promote your site on
the world's search engines from the experts. Just updated, this
list links to great sites and articles to help you become the
consummate site promoter.
http://www.webreference.com/promotion/search.html
>Java Resources
Not your ordinary hill of beans. There are articles, tools, book
recommendations, reference materials, FAQs, and more. Only the
finest blended Web sites are served here. Of course, it's freshly
roasted.
http://www.webreference.com/programming/java/collections.html
>Intranet Resources
If you're working towards a paperless office, and need some ideas,
check out our intranet resources. Case studies, design ideas, and
more are just a click away.
http://www.webreference.com/intranet/
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7. OTHER VOICES: Major SSL Security Hole?, Spotlight on Graphics,
The XML Files: Understanding the DOM, Part 2,
Introduction to Databases for the Web - Part 2
>Major SSL Security Hole?
"Everyone knows" that SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) guarantees total
security for electronic commerce on the Web. Can a visitor count on
detecting whether their data has been siphoned off to an unsecure
server? Be careful, this is a trick question. Of course, it's only
a problem if visitors are using Netscape or Internet Explorer...
From WebDeveloper.com.
http://www.webdeveloper.com/hotstuff/sslbug.html
>Spotlight on Graphics
Everything you need to know about Web graphics, including tutorials
features, tips, tools and tutorials from around the Web. From
Builder.com. (also some of our own thrown in for good measure)
http://www.builder.com/Graphics/Spotlight/
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/
http://www.webreference.com/dev/graphics/
http://www.webreference.com/dev/gifanim/
>The XML Files: Understanding the DOM, Part 2
More of those pesky details of the Document Object Model become
clear, especially when you look at the picture. When you finish
this column, you'll know all there is to be node about objects
within the DOM. From WebDeveloper.com.
http://webdeveloper.com/xml/xml_091698.html
>Introduction to Databases for the Web - Part 2
Continuing Selena Sol's free four part course for webmasters and
Web developers with little or no database experience. The first
part introduced the various types of database systems, especially
relational databases and the SQL language. This second part
introduces retrieving and manipulating data. The third and fourth
parts will address CGI and Java connectivity respectively.
http://WDVL.com/Authoring/DB/Intro/index2.html
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8. NET NEWS: Go Network Announced, An Automated Yahoo?, Draft
domain name plan goes public, A Pure Java Browser?
>Infoseek and Disney Announce New Portal - Go Network
As predicted in last week's Update Disney announced a new portal
today, Go Network available at www.go.com. According to Relevant
Knowledge Go Network will have the third largest unduplicated reach
on the Internet, in terms of unique visitors, behind only Yahoo and
AOL.
The new portal (I like how they just announce a new portal, and don't
have to build one up) will operate as an umbrella brand, combining the
resources of Infoseek, Starwave and Disney properties, including
Infoseek.com, Disney.com, ESPN.com, ABCNEWS.com, Mr. Showbiz, and
others. The new site is slated to launch in preview mode in November.
http://www.go.com
http://www.webreference.com/new/980914.html
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/1998/09/2102-prep.html
http://www.go.com/pressrelease.html
Go.com, Sep. 21, 1998
>An Automated Yahoo? New Web Technology Promises End to Mile-Long Searches
IBM scientist Prabhakar Raghavan has developed a piece of software
dubbed "Clever" that automates the process of finding the best, most
authoritative Web pages by analyzing both the actual links in Web
pages, the immediate words surrounding the link, and the number of
backlinks to the site in question.
"In a few days, we could compile a list for each topic that Yahoo!
lists," Raghavan said. "Clever just runs off and does its thing and
brings back to best 10 or 20 or 50 results it finds."
What shows up at the end of a search is a list of about 15 "hubs"
and 15 "authorities." The pages pointing to a site are the hubs,
while the site being pointed to is the authority. Could this be the
holy grail of automatic Web site categorization?
http://www.internetnews.com/Reuters/1998/09/2104-web.html
Reuters.com/InternetNews.com, Sep. 18, 1998
>Draft domain name plan goes public
A final draft proposal to form a new domain name registry company,
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, was made
public Thursday, the result of months of global negotiations.
Officials hope to have the company created by September 30, which is
when the U.S. government contracts expire with the Internet Assigned
Names Authority and Network Solutions to administer and register,
respectively, the top-level domains, such as .com, .net, and .org.
http://www.iana.org
http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/all/9809185domain
ComputerWorld, Sep. 18, 1998
>A Pure Java Browser?
Netscape has given up development of its all Java browser but
with the release of their source code, new efforts have started,
Jazilla, based on the source, and Jozilla, based on the JavaOS.
http://www.jazilla.org
http://www.infogarden.com/jozilla/jozillafaq.html
http://cgi.chicago.tribune.com/tech/frontpage/0,1714,5,00.html
Chicago Tribune, Sep. 18, 1998
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King
Managing Editor, WebReference.com
update@webreference.com
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