Publisher's Synopsis
Do you have too many books about the Web and not enough space on your bookshelf? WebMaster in a Nutshell takes all the essential reference information for the Web and pulls it together into one slim volume. This book is a quick reference for anyone who does work on the Web - content providers, programmers, and administrators alike. WebMaster in a Nutshell covers:
- HTML 3.2, the markup language for Web documents
- CGI, for creating interactive content on the Web
- JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML
- HTML extensions by Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Examples and descriptions of the HTML tags for creating frames, tables, and fill-in forms
- HTTP 1.1, the underlying protocol that drives the Web
- Configuration for the Apache, NCSA, CERN, Netscape, and WebSite servers
- Perl 5, the programming language used most often for CGI
- WinCGI, the CGI interface for Windows-based programming languages
- Cookies, for maintaining state between multiple instances of CGI, Java, and JavaScript programs
