World Wide Web starter kit

311 Pages·1995·57.334 MB·English

by  Coffee, Kevin

Everything you need
to surf the Web
World
Wide
•
for Macintosh®
Kevin Coffee
Ross Scott Rubin
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Starter Kit
Kevin Coffee
Ross Scott Rubin
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Hayden
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World Wide Web Starter Kit
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and information through
the World Wide Web, and to better understancting the real links that connect us
all.
Acknowledgments
This book, like the Web itself, is the result of a collaborative process.
First of all, it is the distillation of hundreds, if not thousands, of hours spent
using the Web and the internet to learn, share information; and explore. The
millions of people who use the Internet regularly have, in one form or ariothet,
provided the network this book describes, the staridards that network uses, and
the software that links us all together.
This book would not be in your hands. if not for the people at Hayden Books,
and especially Brian Gill, Brad Miser, Jane Com, and Oliver von Qtiadt. The
difference between what I originally wrote arid what you are now reading is a
factor of their intelligent work.
Thanks also goes to the technical reviewers of the manuscript, especially Tonya
Engst, who slogged through every paragraph, spotted potential and real prob
lems, and reminded me for whom I was writihg.
Finally, I thank Rachel, who provided (alternately) advice, criticism, encourage
merit, and consolation throughout the months spent tack-tack-tacking away at
my Macintosh.
About the Authors
Kevin Coffee is an artist, designer, and writer, with a special interest in multi
media information delivery systems, especially the Web.
From 1988 to 1995 he developed and designed exhibitions about human history
and the natural sciences, including multimedia and Web presentations, at the
American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was manager of
exhibitions.
Currently, he is a design and communications consultant and teaches design at
Columbia College in Chicago.
Ross Scott Rubin has been writing professionally about the Macintosh since
1989. He is the author of Yakeh; Mac: The Telecom Tome, Cool Mac After Dark and
the original edition of Hayden's PowerBook Power Book. He also contributed to The
Macintosh Bible, Fifth Edition, Guide to System 7.5, and The Virtual Playhouse for
Macintosh. He has served as a development or technical editor for eWorld: The
Official Guide for Macintosh Users, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Electronic Highway,
The Hitchhiker's Guide to America Online, The Mac Power Toolkit, and the first
edition of Cool Mac Sounds. He contributes regularly to MacWEEK, Web Week,
and other publications. He welcomes feedback at [email protected].
Contents at a Glance XI
Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1
1 Welcome to the Web: A Whole New World 5
2 Cyberspace Ho! 15
3 Around the World in 80 Clicks 33
4 Surf and Ye Shall Find 53
5 UsingHTML 91
6 Web Publishing 149
7 The Future of the Web 197
A HTML Elements and Special Characters 225
B Glossary of Internet Terms 243
c
A Guide to Elements and Attributes 261
Index 275
Contents XIII
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Text ..................................................................................... 2
The Disk ..................................................................................... 3
The Appendices ........................................................................ 4
1 Welcome to the Web: A Whole New World 5
Why the Web? ........................................................................... 6
Plug In ........................................................................................ 8
Bro,-vsing for Browsers ............................................................ 9
Browsers' Little Helpers ................................................. 13
All Wired Up ........................................................................... 14
2 Cyberspace Ho! 15
How Does it Work? ................................................................ 16
Beginning to Browse .............................................................. 18
Configuring MacPPP ...................................................... 19
Configuring MacTCP ..................................................... 21
Let's Get Open ................................................................. 22
Dialing and Connecting to the Internet ....................... 22
Browsing the Browser ........................................................... 23
Bro>vser Settings .............................................................. 23
Let's Surf .................................................................................. 24
The Wrap-up .................................................................... 30
Netscape Navigator ............................................................... 30
Why Netscape? ................................................................ 30
Epilogue ............................................................................ 32