World Wide Web FAQ

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Contents:

• About this document
• Recent changes to the FAQ
• Introduction to the World Wide Web
• Obtaining and using web browsers
• Establishing and using web servers
• Authoring web pages, images and scripts
• Other resources about the Web
• Credits

Introduction to the World Wide Web

• What is the Web?
• What is a URL?
• What are SGML and HTML?
• How does the Web compare to Gopher and WAIS?
• What is the W3 consortium?
• Can I catch a virus from a web page?
• How can I access the Web?
• What is available through the web?
• How do I find out what's new on the Web?
• Where is the subject catalog of the Web?
• How can I search through ALL web sites?
• How do I publish on the Web?
• Who uses the Web?

Obtaining and using web browsers

• How can I access the Web?
• Browsers accessible by telnet
• Obtaining Amiga browsers
• Obtaining Macintosh browsers
• Obtaining MS-DOS (non-Windows) browsers
• Obtaining NeXT browsers
• Obtaining Unix and VMS browsers
• Obtaining VM/CMS browsers
• Obtaining Microsoft Windows browsers
• Obtaining X Window System / DecWindows browsers
• Obtaining batch-mode "browsers"
• I can't get SLIP or PPP. I want web access. Is there a way?
• How can I access the Web through a firewall?
• I'm running XMosaic. Why don't my external viewers work?
• I have a Windows PC or a Mac. Why can't I access WAIS URLs?
• How do I print legible ASCII versions of HTML documents?
• How can I save an inline image to disk?
• How can I send newsgroup posts in HTML to my web browser?
• How can I get sound from the PC speaker with WinMosaic?

Establishing and using web servers

• Amiga servers
• Macintosh servers
• MS-DOS and Novell Netware servers
• Unix servers
• VM/CMS servers
• VMS servers
• Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2 and MS Windows NT Servers
• Comparision: which server is best?
• How fast does my connection have to be?
• Do I have to approve every imagemap my users create?
• Can I safely allow my users to run their own CGI scripts?
• Can I lease space on an existing server?
• How can I keep robots off my server?
• How do I publicize my server?
• How can I secure access to my server?
• How can I keep statistics on my server?
• How can I serve [Word documents, Excel spreadsheets...] through my server?

Authoring web pages, images and scripts

• Overview: how to create web documents
• Writing HTML documents yourself
• HTML editors
• Converting other formats to HTML
• Checking web pages for errors
• Generating web pages from a program or database (CGI)
• My CGI script doesn't work! What's wrong?
• How can users send me comments and/or email?
• How can I create fill-out forms?
• Are HTML 3.0 tables ready? Are there other options?
• How can I distribute audio through the web?
• How can I generate inline images on the fly?
• How can I create hidden fields in forms?
• What is HTML 3.0?
• How do I comment an HTML document?
• How do I create clickable image maps?
• How can I create transparent and interlaced GIFs? What are they?
• Which is better for the web, JPEG or GIF?
• Can I lease space on an existing server?
• Can I make a link that doesn't load a new page?
• How can I mirror part of another server?
• Does mailto: work in all browsers?
• How can I serve [Word documents, Excel spreadsheets...] through my server?
• How do I publicize my work?
• Hey, why can't I write a web-exploring robot?

Other resources about the Web

• Books about the Web
• Mailing lists about the Web
• Newsgroups about the Web

Credits