Web Techniques
July 1996
Volume 1, Issue 4
July 1996
Table of Contents
July 1996 Volume 1, Issue 4
Departments
The Home Page
by Michael Floyd
The Last Page
by Michael Swaine
Webmaster's Domain
by Lincoln Stein
Although Web security is a concern for most companies, few sites
are resistant to break-in or exploitation by remote users. This
month, Lincoln discusses approaches to make your Web site more
secure.
Doing Justice to the Web
by Catherine Sansum Kirkman
As Catherine points out, the global nature of the Internet opens
the possibly for lawsuits to arise out-of-state and in foreign
countries. Catherine looks at the thorny issue of jurisdiction.
HTML Coding
by Laura Lemay
By combining images with text, you can make your Web documents
both content rich and visually appealing. Laura starts with the
basics and presents a number of HTML techniques that will make
your site more compelling.
Dynamic Digital Design
by Craig M. Kanarick and Stephen Turbek
In designing the Web Techniques Web site, the folks at Razorfish
discovered several differences between print a digital publications.
Craig and Stephen discus the process they went through and describe
how they resolved those differences.
Programming with Perl
by Randal L. Schwartz
This month, Randal explores the ins and outs of file locking and
presents a simple Web-hit counter.
Java Alley
by Desmond D'Souza
Desmond shows how to design Java classes, presenting a sample
"shopping" application along the way.
INSITE
The Atlanta Olympic Games Web Site
By Christopher Elliott
As the 1996 Centennial Olympics approach, virtual fans will be
able to get up-to-the-minute details on the Summer Games. Chris
speaks with Paul Gudelis, the pointman charged with bringing the
epic sporting event's content to the Internet.
Lab Notes
Supercharging Your Web
Site with Navigator 2.0
by Robert Richardson
Robert examines the newest features of Netscape Navigator and
shows how you can enhance your site using frames.
FEATURES
Virtual Social Interaction with VRML
by Bob Rockwell
With the publication of the VRML 2.0 draft standard, the Virtual
Reality Modeling Language promises to change how we interact with
the World Wide Web. Bob discusses virtual social interaction and
looks at the future of the VRML standard.
Moving Worlds and VRML 2.0
by Andrea L. Ames
Now that the dust has settled in the ActiveVRML vs. Moving Worlds
battle, Andrea describes the new features likely to be included
in the final 2.0 specification, including new geometry features,
nodes enabling enhanced environments and more meaningful navigation,
prototyping, and scripting.
Creating Web Graphics
by Foster Coburn
Using CorelDRAW to create award-winning graphics for the Web is
just the first step. Once you have your image, you must convert
it to the proper format at the proper resolution, all while keeping
file size in mind. Foster takes you through the process step by
step.
Porting Windows Applications to Java: Part II
by Andrew Wilson
In the second of this two-part series, Andrew shows how to write
a utility that can translate a Windows resource to a Java class.
As Andrew points out, these concepts are not limited to Windows
resources or Java.
Programming with the HTTP Protocol
by Andrew Davison
While HTTP is a sophisticated protocol, its basic features are
easy to understand and use. Andrew shows how you can retrieve
Web-page text without a browser, then presents a program that
provides an interface to the Lycos search engine.
Cover graphics are screen shots from Cosmo Player, the Windows
95 Moving Worlds VRML 2.0 browser from Silicon Graphics. It's
downloadable at
http://www.vrml.sgi.com.
