July 1999
Profiling Users
Tracking Users
By Dan Greening
Today a new breed of analysts wants to discover who's visiting Web sites,
what they're buying, and whether they're coming back for more. Dan
describes how to deliver what marketers need to know.
Web Test Dummy
By Doug Carter
Usability testing Web sites can be a tedious and thankless job,
but somebody's got to do it.
Doug offers an automated alternative to repetetive click counting:
Use a browser agent.
Torture-Testing Web Servers
By Lincoln D. Stein
Relentlessly, showing no mercy, Lincoln calls upon the dark side
of Perl to test the speed, responsiveness, and reliability of
Web servers.
C O L U M N S :
Webmaster's Domain
Just how big is the Web, asks Lincoln D. Stein? How big is big?
And how much does any of this really matter?
Visual Designer
There's an art to making a good first impression on visitors to your
Web site. Eric Holter immerses you in the yin and yang of using
splash pages.
Database Developer
This month Ken North shows how modeling tools let you
capture domain expertise to develop more efficient and reliable
software.
Programming with Perl
It's mid 1999 -- do you know what time it is? Randal L. Schwartz
says it's time for a Y2K countdown clock.
Java@Work
Need to let two applets communicate with each other?
Al Williams shows you a simple tic-tac-toe server that does
just that.
Beyond HTML
This month, Michael Floyd shows you how to use XSL
patterns to locate objects within the document tree.
D E P A R T M E N T S :
Script Junkie
Besieged beneath a sea of old server logs? Phil Glatz
rolls up the data using mySQL and PHP.
Lab Note
A genuine visual tool is one that lets you define behaviors, not
just appearances, visually. Al Williams
examines Zat's Spin Doctor and offers his diagnosis.
The Home Page
Editor-in-Chief Bob Kaehms writes about portals,
potholes, black holes, and quality Web sites.
News & Notes
WebTrends' Enterprise Suite 3.5; WebStar Server Suite 4.0;
Tcl/Tk 8.1; NetMind software; and Tetranet's Bot family.
Mail.com
The readers write back.
The Last Page
Editorial Director Dale Dougherty explains the two sides
to every profile.
