The HTML Technical Reference Page

Here are several links to the World Wide Web for all the essential Web publishing information. All links worked at press time, but are subject to change. The links to reference material on the SoftQuad Web site may be more up-to-date.

• Comprehensive Resources
• Basics
• Style Guides
• Design Tools
• Plug-ins
• Advanced References: [General] [Perl Programming][CGI Scripts][IMAGE MAPS][MIME Type][Java Applets][Java Script][Frames][Tables][HTML Specs]

Comprehensive Resources

• Athenia Associates: comprehensive set of links for all topics
• Yahoo!: layers of links covering all HTML topics
• Developer's Jumpstation: links to resources for developing HTML
• Thalia's guide for WWW-providers: lots of links covering all areas - including the WWW of the future
• Variety of Information: Virtual Library/CyberWeb: WWW Development
• HTML tutorial: tutorial and links to other resources, including graphic tips
• HTML Resources: SoftQuad's survey of HTML resources

Basics

• The NCSA HTML Primer: NCSA's thorough beginner's guide
• World Wide Web FAQ: answers to general WWW questions in several languages
• HTML Reference Manual: Sandia National Laboratories' introduction to HTML
• Macmillan's HTML Workshop: a comprehensive guide aimed at various HTML levels
• WebTechs: suggestions and links for web authors
• HTML Specification : Information on HTML Specification

Style Guides/Graphics

• HTML and WWW Style Guides: lots of links to sites concerned with style issues
• Composing Good HTML: a good overview
• The Graphics File Format Page: very comprehensive source for all graphics formats information
• Stupid Net Tricks: guidelines for graphics
• Web Style Manual: a good overall style guide from Yale
• Sun on the Net: Sun Microsystems' collection of resources for everything net-related
• Hamline University: public image files

Design Tools

• Adobe Systems: visit the professionals for a variety of design tools
• Macromedia "Shock-Baubles" : add a small, animated, interactive decoration to your page
• GIF Animation on the WWW: great way to bring your gif's to life
• Usenet Graphics FAQ's: the answers to all your web graphics questions
• The Background Sampler: downloadable backgrounds for your web pages from Netscape

Plug-ins

• Netscape's Plug-ins: a list of all in-line plug-ins supported by Netscape's browsers
• The Consummate Winsock Apps List : the "best" of the plug-ins
• Plug-in Plaza: links to all the available plug-ins
• Demos of Plug-ins links, plus example sites

Advanced References

General Advanced References

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): WWW news, specs and reference software
• Pointers to information about ISO8859
• HTTP - A Protocol for networked information: Information on HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
• Kira's Web toolbox

Perl Programming

• The Perl Language Home Page: the latest Perl news, software and resources
• Perl Manual: the standard
• Perl FAQ: taken from the Perl newsgroups
• CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network: everything you need to know about PERL, including links to more info

CGI Scripts

• The Common Gateway Interface (CGI): NCSA's introduction and advanced articles
• CGI Stuff: tutorials and sample scripts for common CGI applications

IMAGE MAPS

• Imagemap Help Page: deals with all aspects of image maps

MIME Type

• MIME FAQ : the most common MIME type questions are answered here

Java Applets - Sun Microsystems' single-purpose applications

• Applet Archives
  • Java Applets from Sun Microsystems
  • The Java Boutique
  • Netscape's introduction and demo links to Java Applets
  • Gamelan: Earthweb's Java Directory

• Java Programming
  • The Java Developer: A FAQ on Java Programming from Digital Focus
  • The Web Development Cyberbase: Java Programming
  • Sun's Java Developer's Corner: Sun Microsystems' development tools for SPARC, Windows and Macintosh systems
  • Cosmo Code: Silicon Graphics' Java development tools for IRIX 3.5
  • Symantec Caffeine: Java development tools from Symantec
  • Borland's Internet Tools: Borland's development tools for Java

• Other Java Information Resources
  • Security issues when using Java
  • The Java newsgroup: comp.lang.java
  • Java-related mailing lists: a list of mailing lists maintained by Sun Microsystems
  • JavaWorld: a digital magazine devoted to Java
  • Java URN: The Java User Resource Network

JavaScript - Netscape's scripting language tool

• The JavaScript Authoring Guide: Netscape's overview
• Introduction to JavaScript: a seven-part tutorial
• JavaScript World: a collection of tutorials and examples

Frames

• An Introduction to Frames: Netscape's technical introduction

Tables

• The HTML3 Table Model: W3C's comprehensive survey
• The Table Element: an in-depth Web Reference article

HTML Specs

• The HTML 2.0 Standard
• The HTML 3.2 Recommendation
• Netscape Navigator Extensions to HTML 2.0
• Netscape Navigator Extensions to HTML 3.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 HTML extensions
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 HTML extensions
• NCSA Mosaic (2.0 and 3.0) extensions to HTML

This page was created on May 16, 1997. All information is subject to change.