Webmaster in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference

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ISBN: 9780596003579

ISBN-10: 0596003579

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Edition: 3rd 2002

Authors: Robert Eckstein, Stephen Spainhour

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First, there was HTML. Then along came JavaScript. Close on the heels of JavaScript came CSS and before you mastered that, along came XML. Behind every successful web page is an overworked and underappreciated webmaster with a big pile of books about various web technologies spilling out across their desk. That collection of books is a valuable resource for delving into the topics at depth (and at leisure). But when you need an answer fast, the dog-eared book you'll turn to again and again is the new third edition of "Webmaster in a Nutshell. This concise and portable quick reference distills an immense amount of information on several languages and technologies into one compact…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English

Robert Eckstein has worked with Java since its first release. In aprevious life, he has been an editor for O'Reilly Media, Inc. and aprogrammer for Motorola's cellular technology division. He hasauthored, co-authored, or edited a number of books, including Java Swing, JavaEnterprise Best Practices, Using Samba, XML Pocket Reference, andWebmaster in a Nutshell. In his spare time he has been known to tinkerwith filmmaking and digital photography, as well as collecting vintagevideo game consoles. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wifeMichelle, his children Lauren and Nathan, and their talking dogGinger.

Stephen Spainhour co-authored Webmaster in a Nutshell, Perl in a Nutshell, 1st Edition, and contributed to many other OReilly titles. He is an avid fan of professional tennis, and when hes not checking for tennis scores on the Web, he enjoys cooking, electronic music, troubleshooting his home-built PC, and watching too much television.



Preface



The Web in a Nutshell


Clients and Servers


Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)


Web Content: HTML, XML, CGI, JavaScript, and PHP


The HTTP Protocol


Web Servers


Who Are the Webmasters?


Recommended Books



HTML



HTML Overview


HTML Document Structure


HTML Syntax


XHTML


Dynamic Content



HTML Reference


Core Attributes


HTML Tag and Attribute Descriptions



Frames


Frame Layout


Nested Framesets


The [left angle bracket]frame[right angle bracket] Tag


Frame Targets


Frame Border Attributes



Tables


The [left angle bracket]table[right angle bracket] Tag


The [left angle bracket]caption[right angle bracket] Tag


The [left angle bracket]tr[right angle bracket] Tag


The [left angle bracket]th[right angle bracket] and [left angle bracket]td[right angle bracket] Tags


Border Color and Backgrounds


Advanced Table Tags



Forms


The [left angle bracket]form[right angle bracket] Tag


The [left angle bracket]input[right angle bracket] Tag


The [left angle bracket]textarea[right angle bracket] Tag


The [left angle bracket]select[right angle bracket] Tag


An Example Form



Character Entities



Color Names and Values



CSS



Cascading Style Sheets


The Elements of Styles


Style Syntax


Style Properties


CSS Reference



XML



XML


XML Terminology


XML Reference


Entity and Character References


Document Type Definitions


The Extensible Stylesheet Language


XSLT Style Sheet Structure


Templates and Patterns


XSLT Elements


XPath


XPointer and XLink



JavaScript



JavaScript


Versions of JavaScript


Syntax


Client-Side JavaScript


JavaScript API Reference



CGI and Perl



CGI Overview


A Typical CGI Interaction


URL Encoding


Extra Path Information


CGI Environment Variables



Server Side Includes


Configuring the Apache Server for SSI


Basic SSI Directives


SSI Environment Variables


Configurable Time Formats for SSI Output


Conditional Statements



The CGI.pm Module


HTML Tag Generation


Importing Method Groups


Maintaining State


Named Parameters


Using JavaScript Features


Debugging


CGI.pm Reference



Web Server Programming with mod_perl


Installing mod_perl


Design of mod_perl


mod_perl Handlers


Running CGI Scripts with mod_perl


Server Side Includes with mod_perl


[left angle bracket]Perl[right angle bracket] Sections


Apache:: Modules


The Perl API



PHP



PHP


Installation and Configuration


Embedding PHP in HTML


Language Syntax


Variables


Data Types


Expressions


Operators


Control Structures


Functions


Web-Related Variables


Sessions


Examples


Function Reference



HTTP



HTTP


Client Requests


Server Responses and Status Codes


HTTP Headers


Cookies


Media Types and Subtypes



Server Configuration



Apache Configuration


Understanding Apache


Basic Server Configuration: Core Directives



Apache Modules



Web Performance


Client-Side Performance


HTML Authoring


Programming


Administration


Using Analysis.cgi to Find A Bottleneck


Monitoring Web Performance Using Perl


Index