World Wide Web FAQ
Copyright 1994, 1995, Thomas Boutell
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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
Contents:
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
Contents:
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
Contents:
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
Contents:
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
Contents:
Books about the Web
Mailing lists about the Web
Newsgroups about the Web
Credits