Webmaster in a Nutshell
A Desktop Quick Reference
3rd Edition
Published on 21. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-596-00357-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a concise quick reference guide that distills a large amount of information on several languages and technologies into one compact book. It puts a fast-paced introduction, detailed reference section, and quick reference guide to each technology all within easy reach and contains useful information a Webmaster needs daily, whatever the technology. This one-stop resource for HTML, CSS, XML, CGI, JavaScript, HTTP, PHP, and Apache, is the book you'll turn to again and again. The book contains useful information that a Webmaster may need daily, whatever the technology, including: HTML; CSS; XML; CGI; JavaScript; HTTP; PHP; and Apache.
Reviews / Votes
"The internet programmers bible reincarnated!" - Amias Channer, LinuxFormat, July 2003More details
Edition
3., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
685 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-00357-9 (9780596003579)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Stephen Spainhour | Robert Eckstein
Webmaster in a Nutshell
Book
07/1999
2nd Edition
O'Reilly
€24.50
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Persons
Stephen Spainhour co-authored Webmaster in a Nutshell, Perl in a Nutshell, 1st Edition, and contributed to many other O'Reilly titles. He is an avid fan of professional tennis, and when he's not checking for tennis scores on the Web, he enjoys cooking, electronic music, troubleshooting his home-built PC, and watching too much television. Robert Eckstein, an editor at O'Reilly, works mostly on Java books (notably Java Swing) and is also responsible for the XML Pocket Reference and Webmaster in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. In his spare time he has been known to provide online coverage for popular conferences. He also writes articles for JavaWorld magazine. Robert holds bachelor's degrees in computer science and communications from Trinity University. In the past, he has worked for the USAA insurance company and more recently spent four years with Motorola's cellular software division.
Content
Preface 1. The Web in a Nutshell Clients and Servers Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) Web Content: HTML, XML, CGI, JavaScript, and PHP The HTTP Protocol Web Servers Who Are the Webmasters? Recommended Books I. HTML 2. HTML Overview HTML Document Structure HTML Syntax XHTML Dynamic Content 3. HTML Reference Core Attributes HTML Tag and Attribute Descriptions 4. Frames Frame Layout Nested Framesets The Tag Frame Targets Frame Border Attributes 5. Tables The Tag The Tag The Tag The and Tags Border Color and Backgrounds Advanced Table Tags 6. Forms The Tag The Tag The Tag The Tag An Example Form 7. Character Entities 8. Color Names and Values II. CSS 9. Cascading Style Sheets The Elements of Styles Style Syntax Style Properties CSS Reference III. XML 10. XML XML Terminology XML Reference Entity and Character References Document Type Definitions The Extensible Stylesheet Language XSLT Style Sheet Structure Templates and Patterns XSLT Elements XPath XPointer and XLink IV. JavaScript 11. JavaScript Versions of JavaScript Syntax Client-Side JavaScript JavaScript API Reference V. CGI and Perl 12. CGI Overview A Typical CGI Interaction URL Encoding Extra Path Information CGI Environment Variables 13. Server Side Includes Configuring the Apache Server for SSI Basic SSI Directives SSI Environment Variables Configurable Time Formats for SSI Output Conditional Statements 14. The CGI.pm Module HTML Tag Generation Importing Method Groups Maintaining State Named Parameters Using JavaScript Features Debugging CGI.pm Reference 15. Web Server Programming with mod_perl Installing mod_perl Design of mod_perl mod_perl Handlers Running CGI Scripts with mod_perl Server Side Includes with mod_perl Sections Apache:: Modules The Perl API VI. PHP 16. PHP Installation and Configuration Embedding PHP in HTML Language Syntax Variables Data Types Expressions Operators Control Structures Functions Web-Related Variables Sessions Examples Function Reference VII. HTTP 17. HTTP Client Requests Server Responses and Status Codes HTTP Headers Cookies Media Types and Subtypes VIII. Server Configuration 18. Apache Configuration Understanding Apache Basic Server Configuration: Core Directives 19. Apache Modules 20. Web Performance Client-Side Performance HTML Authoring Programming Administration Using Analysis.cgi to Find A Bottleneck Monitoring Web Performance Using Perl Index