The HTML Sourcebook (Sourcebooks)

Designed for those who want to prepare character-based hypertext and Mosaic documents for online publication. Describes the basic client/server structure of the World Wide Web and the ``cgi-bin'' interface. Contains detailed documentation of all HTML commands and a discussion of the tools needed to link graphics and other non-text items to Mosaic documents. Provides information on the various editors and filters available to compose HTML documents or to convert existing ones into HTML documents. Features tips on setting up servers and includes a long section which demonstrates well-designed Mosaic pages along with their underlying HTML structure.

Familiar with HTML but itching for more information? The nine chapters and four appendixes that make up this book may be for you. Readers proceed from a quick survey of HTML basics in the first chapter to a collection of six actual examples of complex sites in the last. HTML elements, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), CGI and the HTTP protocol, HTML editors, Web browsers, and HTTP servers are all treated in turn. There are abundant pointers to Internet-based resources to use in conjunction with examples and explanations. Graham maintains a simple philosophy throughout: keep your home page small, concise, and unburdened with enormous files (graphics and others). Many examples scattered in the text, such as those for bad links, are well worth review for both their intellectual and entertainment value. For HTML sophisticates, The HTML Sourcebook will fill in gaps in your expertise and point you in new directions as you design your Internet facades.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.