HTML for Dummies Contents III

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Forms for feedback
Comment Your HTML Documents for Posterity

Part IV: Advanced HTML

Chapter 11: Going High-Rise: Building Complex Pages

Organization
It's story (board) time, boys and girls
First things first: list 'em out
Sketch the Web
Board the whole story

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Linking to text in another page
Linking to text within a page: Table of Contents links
Jumping to Remote Pages
Hypertext links to outside resources
Jump pages
A special <LINK>
The Nesting Instinct: Lists withing Lists
Sampling Sophisticated Pages
National Biological Service
U.S. Geological Survey home page
FedWorld Information Network home page

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Chapter 12: Strictly Pro Forma: Using Forms for Feedback

Beware of browser!
Sorry, Servers...
What's in a Form?

Forms involve two-way communication
Tag! You're a form...
Setting the <FORM> enviroment
There's no rhythm to METHOD
Lights, camera...ACTION
Let's make an assumption
Knowing what's (in)coming: the <INPUT> tags

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TYPE-casting still works!
Other <INPUT> attributes
A TEXT-oriented <INPUT> example
Being <SELECT>ive
<TEXTAREA> lets users wax eloquent...or profane!
Formulating Good Attitudes

Chapter 13: The Map's The Thing!

Warning: different maps for different servers
Dealing with shapes in maps

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The button bar map file
Creating and storing map files
Using map files
Defining a clickable map in you HTML document
The Map Is Not the Territory
Of Clickable Maps and URLs

Chapter 14: Stick Out Your Neck: HTML Extensions

A "simple explanation" for browser diversity
Viva la difference: adding value...or adding confusion?

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It's "any day now" for HTML 2.0
HTML 3.0 is still developing
HTML 2.1, anyone?
the "real" HTML 3.0
Sone Non-standard HTML Extensions
Netscape's changes to HTML markup
<BASEFONT> Change the basic font size
<BR> Line break
<CENTER>... </CENTER> Center text
<FONT> Adjust font size
<HR> Horizontal rule
<IMG> Image placement tag
<ISINDEX> Searchable index marker
<LI> List item
<NOBR> ... </NOBR> No break

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<OL>... </OL> Ordered list
<UL>... </UL> Unordered list
<WBR> Word break
The Perils of (In)Compatibility

Part V: Beyond HTML? (CGI Scripting and "Real" Applications)

Chapter 15: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

Describing CGI programs
What's going on in a CGI program?

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Long-winded and thorough: the input-stream approach
Handling environment variables
Forming Up: Input-Handling Programs
Coding CGI
Ladies and gentlemen: Choose your weapons!
Example 1: What time is it?
Example 2: Counting page visits
Example 3: Decoding clickable map coordinates

Chapter 16: Help Them Find Their Way:
Aids to Web and Document Navigation

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Searching documents for details...
The Bigger Things Get, The Easier It Is to Get Lost!
Documentary Integuments: Indexes, Jump Tables, and Internal Links
Doing Things the Database Way
Stay Away From Diminishing Returns
Where's the Search Leading Us?

Part VI: Call The Exterminator: Debugging Web Pages

Chapter 17: Testing, Testing, 1-2-3

Iteration, iteration, iteration
Written test plan

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Expect (and Test for) the Unexpected
In Vitrification: Alpha Testing Methodologies
Web page alpha test plan
Introduction
Purpose
Scope
Test overview
Goals
Schedule and resources
System configurations
Test method and evaluation
Performance and functionality testing
Screen appearance
Link operation and content
Forms operation

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Clickable map operation
Limits and boundary checking
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta: Lining Up Your Testing Team
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Knowing When to Quit (Testing>

Chapter 18: It Doesn't Matter What YOU Think

Alpha testers
Beta testers

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Covering All the Bases
Making a List and Checking It Twice
Staying Ahead of the Gremlins
There's Nothing Crazy about a Sanity Check!
Stick It to Me: The Importance of Feedback
Getting the News You Need
Building in a Report Card
Hocus-Pocus, Focus Groups!
Making Friends with Movers and Shakers
Don't Just Listen, Do Something!
Making the Most of Your Audience

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Part VII: Going Public: Serving Up Your Web Pages

Chapter 19: So You've Woven a Web, What Now?

It's good for business...
...and it's good for pleasure!
Back to the content

Where to draw the line?
What to work out with your provider

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What else you need to find out:
What they're going to ask you:
Webbing It Yourself: What's That Mean?
Understand the tariffs
UNIX, or no UNIX?
Try though you might, there's no escaping maintenance!
Are You Ready for Success?
The Answer to the Ultimate Question

Chapter 20: If You Build It, Will They Come?

Write a "semi-formal" announcement
Where to direct your announcement

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Trolling the USENET newsgroups
Niche or industry publications
The old-fashioned kind of networking
Staying on the Safe Side of Acceptable Use Policies
Giving Value Means Getting Value
Making Sure That Your Web Catches the Right Prey

Chapter 21: The More Things Change...

Check in on your pages regularly, Doctor Web!
Keep your content current!
Do your links point to nowhere?

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