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Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
  • Audience
  • The scope of this book
  • Typographical conventions
  • Acknowledgements
• Introduction
  • What is the Web?
    • A consistent naming scheme for referring to resources
    • A mechanism for retrieving a resource, given its name
    • A system for describing the logical structure of text
  • What the Web has to offer
    • Easy access to a global information service
    • Access to a global community
    • Front-end to existing systems
    • Commercial access to a global market
  • History and evolution of the Web
    • Background and historical context
    • Origins of the Web
    • Current mechanisms for the Web's development
  • The future of the Web
  • The organization of this book
• Managing a Web Site
  • Managing a Web Site
    • The broader issues
      • Connectivity
      • Planning for the future
      • Publication policy
      • Advertising your information
      • Impact on the organization
      • Security
    • Material for publication
      • Managing content
      • Web style issues
        • The structuring of information
        • Use of links
        • Control over presentation
        • International cultural differences
        • Other style guidelines
    • Running a server
      • Hardware and software requirements
      • Support, administration and maintenance
  • Case Studies
    • Commerce
      • The Internet Shopping Network
      • Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
      • Global Network Navigator
    • Education and the arts
      • Australian National University Institute of the Arts Library
      • Le WebLouvre
      • The British Library's Electronic Beowulf
    • Public information
      • The United States Department of Commerce - STAT-USA
      • Purdue Weather Processor
• Preparing Documents
  • The Hypertext Markup Language
    • Overview of HTML
    • Getting started quickly
    • Structure of documents
    • Naming schemes on the Web
      • Syntax of URLs
        • URL-encoding
      • URLs for different information systems
        • HTTP
        • Gopher
        • File Transfer Protocol
        • File
        • News
    • Basic HTML elements in detail
      • Comments
      • The DOCTYPE directive
      • The document head
      • The document body
        • Headings
        • Paragraphs and line breaks
        • Special characters
        • List elements
        • Highlighting
        • Block formatting elements
    • Hypertext links
  • Including Images in Documents
    • The IMG element
      • Simple images
      • Creating images
      • Images as hypertext links
      • Image maps
        • Creating image maps for use with CERN and NCSA servers
        • The mapedit program
        • Specifying an image map in an HTML document
        • Button bars: an image map application
    • Tips and techniques
      • Images on transparent backgrounds
      • Spacing between images
      • Using images in lists
  • Fill-out Forms
    • The FORM element
    • Defining fields
      • Single-line text fields
      • Multiple-line text fields
      • Password fields
      • Hidden fields
      • Radio buttons
      • Check boxes
      • Selection fields
      • Reset buttons
      • Submit buttons
      • Image buttons
    • Limitations of forms
  • Document Preparation Tools
    • HTML editors
      • SoftQuad HoTMetaL
    • HTML validation tools
      • Weblint
      • Validation services
    • Conversion tools
      • LaTeX2HTML
      • Microsoft Word - Rich Text Format
• Running a Server
  • Web Server Administration - an Overview
    • Overview of technology
      • Network concepts
      • Web server concepts
        • The MIME Standard
        • The Hypertext Transfer Protocol
      • Web server components
    • Planning aspects
      • Organizing information on the Web
      • Staffing
      • Choice of platform
      • Network connection
      • Evaluating Web software
      • Security
      • User expectations
    • Practical tasks involved
      • Software installation and configuration
      • Monitoring
      • Routine maintenance
  • Web Software Installation
    • Widely available servers
      • CERN httpd
      • NCSA httpd
      • The GN server
      • HTTPD for Windows
    • Server features
      • Mapping URLs to files
      • Typing of resources
      • Invoking other programs
      • Generated directory listings
      • Serving users' documents
      • Server side includes
      • Proxy and caching servers
    • Server installation
      • Peculiarities of individual servers
        • CERN HTTP daemon
        • NCSA HTTP daemon
        • HTTPD for Windows
        • The GN server
    • Server tools and Web browsers
      • Web browser software
        • UNIX browsers
        • Microsoft Windows browsers
        • Viewer programs
  • Server Configuration and Testing
    • Port selection
    • Server start-up mechanism
      • Running standalone
      • Running from the Internet services daemon
      • Restricting access by robots
    • CERN and NCSA server configuration
      • General configuration directives
        • CERN server directives
        • NCSA server directives
      • Logging directives
        • CERN server directives
        • NCSA server directives
      • File typing directives
        • CERN server directives
        • NCSA server directives
      • Mapping directives
        • CERN server directives
        • NCSA server directives
      • Generating directory listings
        • CERN server directives
        • NCSA server directives
      • User directories
        • CERN server directive
        • NCSA server directive
      • Server scripts
        • CERN server directives
        • NCSA server directives
      • Server side includes (NCSA only)
      • Proxy and caching (CERN only)
      • Command line arguments
        • CERN server
        • NCSA server
    • GN server configuration
      • GN cache files
        • Basic keywords
        • Type modifiers
        • Extended keywords
        • Search items within menus
        • Including HTML within menus
        • Protocol-dependent menu items
        • Executing programs to generate documents
      • GN command line arguments
    • Testing the server
  • Dynamic Documents
    • The CGI specification
      • Inputs to the CGI script
        • Command line arguments
        • Environment variables
        • Standard input stream
      • Output from the CGI script
    • Writing CGI scripts
      • Script identification
      • Standard utilities
        • The cgiparse program
        • The cgiutils program
      • Processing input from fill-out forms
      • Processing image map input
      • Searching of indexes
      • Techniques and considerations
        • Keeping state information
        • Minimizing response times
        • Management of temporary files
        • Periodic updating of documents
    • Testing dynamic documents
      • Testing in isolation from the server
      • Testing with the server
      • Security aspects
    • NCSA server side includes
  • Security
    • Network security issues
      • Common forms of attack
      • Defensive measures
    • Web-specific security issues
    • Web access authorization
      • CERN server access protection
        • Protection set-ups
        • Server password files
        • Server group files
        • Access Control List files
      • NCSA server access protection
        • Configuring directory options
        • Authorization configuration
        • Limiting directives
      • Access protection with the GN server
        • Host access control files
• Appendices
  • The Future of HTML
    • HTML 3.0 features
      • Tables
      • Mathematical formulae
      • Text Flow
      • Future directions
    • Netscape extensions
      • Images
      • Lists
      • Horizontal rules
      • Index search prompting
      • New elements
  • Resource Guide
    • Web starting points for exploration
      • Main Web sites
      • The Virtual Library
      • General resource guides
      • Software and HTML resource guides
      • Style guides
      • The FAQ
      • Usenet News groups
      • Mailing lists
    • Server software
      • CERN WWW server
      • NCSA server
      • NCSA HTTPD for Microsoft Windows
      • GN server
      • Plexus
      • GWHIS
      • NetSite
      • HTTPS for Microsoft Windows/NT
      • MacHHTP
    • Browser software
      • NCSA Mosaic
      • Enhanced Mosaic from Spyglass
      • AIR Mosaic Express
      • Arena
      • Chimera
      • Emacs W3
      • Lynx
      • CERN Line-mode Browser
      • Cello
      • EINet Browsers
    • HTML editors
      • Htmltext
      • HTML Assistant
      • HTML Writer
      • HTMLed
      • BBEdit HTML extensions
      • HTML editor for Macintosh
      • SoftQuad HoTMetaL
      • Emacs HTML mode
      • tkWWW
    • Text conversion tools
      • LaTeX2HTML
      • Rich Text Format
      • WebMaker
      • html2latex
      • Hyperhelp Bridge
      • dtd2html
      • gf
      • OnmiMark
      • Search engines
        • FreeWAIS
        • GLIMPSE
        • ICE
    • Other Web tools
      • getstats
      • wusage
      • HTML_analyzer
      • EIT Link Verifier
      • mapedit
    • Other software
      • Image manipulation software
        • gd
        • Ghostscript
        • Ghostview
        • Gnuplot
        • ImageMagick
        • PBM utilities
        • XV
      • General purpose tools relevant to the Web
        • Perl
        • GZIP
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• About this document ...

Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
© 1995 International Thomson Publishing
© 2002 Andrew Ford and Ford & Mason Ltd
Note: this HTML document was generated in December 1994 directly from the LaTeX source files using LaTeX2HTML. It was formatted into our standard page layout using the Template Toolkit. The document is mainly of historical interest as obviously many of the sites mentioned have long since disappeared.