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World Wide Web FAQs

World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (With Answers, of Course!)

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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?
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?
Can I catch a virus from a web page?
How can I find out when a web page has changed?
How do I publish on the Web?
Who uses the Web?
What is VRML?
What is Java?

Obtaining and using web browsers

Contents:

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 and OS/2 browsers
Obtaining X Window System / DecWindows browsers
Obtaining Acorn RISCOS browsers
Obtaining batch-mode "browsers"
I can't get SLIP or PPP. I want web access. Is there a way?
Can I browse HTML files locally when I'm offline?
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
Can I serve two domains from one server?
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
How can I "include" one HTML document in another?
How can I give my web page a tiled or colored background?
Generating web pages from a program or database (CGI)
How can I identify the user accessing my CGI script?
My CGI script doesn't work! What's wrong?
How can I keep my document from being cached?
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 use inline images without alienating my users?
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?
Where can I get an access counter for my page?

Other resources about the Web

Contents:

Books about the Web
Mailing lists about the Web
Newsgroups about the Web

Credits

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