December 1997
Creating Dynamic Sites with DHTML
Jump Starting Your Site with Dynamic HTML
By Rick Dobson
If you've been curious about Dynamic HTML and how to use it, now is your chance to find out more, as Rick presents a series of examples that guide you through dynamic styles, positioning, and content.
Positioning with Cascading Style Sheets
By Chuck White
Cascading Style Sheets is one of the cornerstones of Dynamic HTML. Our expert describes an extension to this W3C standard called "positioning," which gives designers better control over the layout of HTML elements.
Animation with Layers in DHTML
By J. Scott Hamlin
Jeff Rouyer of eGlobe and Oz Lubling of Razorfish each designed cutting-edge sites that push Dynamic HTML to its extreme. Scott shows how they did it.
C O L U M N S :
Webmaster's Domain
When it comes to the Web, a good navigation system is hard to find. So Lincoln D. Stein heads over to Gamelan's developer site to investigate the latest JavaScript-based navigation systems.
Visual Designer
Lynda Weinman looks at Dynamic HTML from a designer's point of view, then gives a sneak preview of Macromedia's Dreamweaver, a visual DHTML authoring tool for both Mac and PC.
Doing Justice to The Web
Attempting to protect the repurposing of their works in electronic media, the National Freelance Writers Union brought a test case against the New York Times, LEXIS-NEXIS, and others. What Catherine Sansum Kirkman has to say may surprise you.
Programming with Perl
Randal L. Schwartz shows how you can give users feedback while performing lengthy searches in the background.
Java Alley
As Bruce Eckel puts it, painless networking is one of Java's greatest strengths. This month, our Java expert walks you through the basics and presents a simple server called JabberServer.
D E P A R T M E N T S :
Script Junkie
Tcl has always been a powerful, platform-independent scripting language that lets you put a full GUI interface on a Web page. Chris Baron presents a script written by Jacob Levy, head of the Tcl plug-in development team at Sun.
Lab Notes
Godfrey Nolan takes an in-depth look at the current JFC and previews Swing, a set of components that extend the lightweight framework in JDK 1.1.
Web Enabled
While designing accessible Web pages may seem difficult, it's never been easier. Mike Paciello looks at specific publishing tools, guidelines, and tutorials that help you create accessible Web pages.
The Home Page
Editor-in-Chief Michael Floyd asks "Write Once, Run Where?"
News & Notes
Fonts Take Flight; Not Just a Page Editor Anymore.
The Last Page
Editor-at-large, Michael Swaine talks about "The Midlist Crisis."
