Ingredients:
· Tables
· Frames
· Server Side Includes
· Server and Client Based Clickable
Maps
We have learned how to prepare a simple main course; now for the culinary delights. The difference between a good meal and a great meal is the subtle use of spices and sauces and, of course, presentation.
| Location | Description |
| http://webreference.com/
html3andns/table.html#border | The HTML 3.0 specification for tables. |
| http://www.w3.org/hypertext/
WWW/MarkUp/html3/tables.html | A full description of how to write tables in HTML. |
| http://www.utirc.utoronto.ca/
HTMLdocs/NewHTML/tables-5.html | Another good source including a discussion of tables within tables. |
| Location | Description |
| http://www.newbies
-netguide.com/web_pa~1/table2.html | Approximately 20 useful examples of tables. |
| http://raptor.rit.edu/Nick/tlesson2.htm | A few simple examples, including an orphan cell. |
| http://www.ozemail.com.au/
~dkgsoft/html3/tables.html | Includes nested tables. |
| http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/
HTML/Dictionaries/ HTML-Dictionary/netscape/tables.html | Another good example of nested tables. |
| http://home.netscape.com/assist/
net_sites/table_sample.html | A sampler from Netscape Inc. |
| Location | Description |
| http://home.mcom.com/comprod/
products/navigator/version_2.0/ frames/eye/index.html | A tutorial on vision. |
| http://www.spunwebs.com/sites2c/
fotoalbum.html | The Ava Gardner Photograph Collection. |
| http://www.netscape.com/comprod/
products/navigator/version_2.0/ frames/frame_users.html | A large list of sites that use frames supplied by Netscape Inc. |
| Location | Description |
| http://sharky.nomius.com/frames/menu.htm | Step by step introduction, including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). |
| http://www.spunwebs.com/sites2c/
frmtutor.html | Another step by step introduction. |
| Command | Description |
| ECHO | Insert the value of one or more variables. |
| INCLUDE | Insert the text of a document. |
| FSIZE | Insert the size of the specified file. |
| FLASTMOD | Insert the last modification date of the specified file. |
| EXEC | Insert the output of a cgi-script or shell command. |
| CONFIG | Control features of server side include processing. |
| Variable | Description |
| DOCUMENT_NAME | The current filename. |
| DOCUMENT_URI | The virtual path to the file. |
| QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED | The unescaped version of any search query the client sent, with all shell-special characters escaped with \. |
| DATE_LOCAL | The current date and time in the local time zone. |
| DATE_GMT | Current Greenwich Mean Time. |
| LAST_MODIFIED | The date the current file was last modified. |
| Parameter | Description |
| ERRMSG | Display an error message, which you define, and which is displayed if the server side event produces an error. |
| SIZEFMT | Control the format of the file size specification. |
| TIMEFMT | Control the format of the time format specification. |
| Location | Description |
| http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/
tutorials/includes.html | Tutorial for NCSA httpd. |
| http://media.ucsc.edu/docs/parse.html | Tutorial for wn. |
| http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/
Daemon/User/CGI/Overview.html | Tutorial for the CERN server. |
| http://www.theworld.com/ssi/ssiplus.htm | Basics of server side includes and a comparison to using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). |
| Location | Description |
| http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map | Xerox Parc map viewer. |
| http://www.sgi.com/ | Silicon Graphics Inc. home page. |
| http://home.mcom.com/comprod/
products/navigator/version_2.0/ frames/eye/index.html | The previously reviewed (in the context of frames) page on the human eye. |
| http://www.duke.edu/~mccann/clickexa.htm | Traffic reports for San Diego. |
| http://www.duke.edu/~mccann/clickexa.htm | A pointer to a collection of clickable maps. |
| Location | Description |
| http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/
tutorials/imagemapping.html | Tutorial for NCSA's httpd server. |
| http://www.spyglass.com/techspec/
img_maps.html | Client side image maps in a tutorial by Spygalss Inc. |
| http://media.ucsc.edu/docs/click.html | Tutorial for the wn server. |
| http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/
Daemon/User/CGI/HTImageDoc.html | Tutorial for the Cern server. |
| Location | http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/ |
| Binaries | Linux, Solaris, SunOS, DEC UNIX |
| Source | Yes |
| Bugs | mapedit@boutell.com |
| Location | Description |
| http://www.iwaynet.net/~rtyler/
htmltutorial/imagemaps.html | A concise introduction on which the material given in this book is based. |
| http://www.dallas.net/~jwill/html/
appenda.html | A more detailed description, including itself as a good example. |
| http://www.hway.net/ihip/cside.html | Another concise description, including pointers to what browsers support client side clickable maps. |