Table of Contents
| Documents and Sites | |
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| W3O--World-Wide Web Organization Committee | This organization, under the leadership of Tim Berners-Lee, the author of WWW, was formed to document and encourage the development of a common set of tools and base programs for continued WWW development. W30 is the closest thing to the "owner" of the Web. |
| WWW FAQ | The World-Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions list, maintained by Thomas Boutell, is thorough, making it an excellent place to start. Written in HTML format, it provides links to the resources it lists. Among other things it lists current clients and servers available, guidelines for publishing, and lists of WWW sites available for leasing. |
| The International WWW Conference Series or try the site in Germany | The First International WWW Conference was held in Geneva in May 1994 with 380 participants. The second was held five months later in Chicago and had 1,300 participants with perhaps 1,000 more who could not get in. These conferences are documented online. They are an excellent resource with links to tutorials, trip reports, and announcements, as well as the proceedings. |
| GVU's WWW User Surveys | The Georgia Institute of Technology has started doing six-month surveys of Web users and providers. The report includes demographics. |
| Best of the Web Contest | Starting in 1994, the Best of the Web contest has such categories as best document design, best navigational aid, best commercial service, best educational service, and most technical merit. Check out the winners and emulate them. |
| 1995 National (U.S.) Information Infrastructure Awards | Awards given annually in six categories: arts and entertainment, business, community, education, government, and health. |
| NCSA | NCSA Mosaic brought WWW to the world. Check here for its server and client software, exemplary sites, and list of what's new on the Web. |
| CERN | This is where WWW was invented by Berners-Lee. It continues to be a repository of programs, archives, and directories of Web sites. |
| SGML Web Site | This site links to other FAQs and a wealth of information about SGML. |
| Web Developer's Virtual Library | This is a useful collection of links for Web developers and providers. |
| HaLSoft HTML Validation Service | This essential and free online service is provided by HaL Software Systems, of Austin, Texas. It allows you to check your HTML code against different levels of the HTML standard, including the Netscape extensions. It also allows you to do a quick online check of pieces of HTML code. |
| Handbook: Running a WWW Server by Brian Kelly of the Computing Service, University of Leeds or U.S. mirror site | This handbook was written to provide support for British academic institutions that want to run a World-Wide Web service. It is an alternative to the many U.S.-centered advisory documents available online. |
| Web Tools Review by Philip Greenspun | This is an online journal for developers of WWW sites by the author of the award-winning "Travels with Samantha" WWW site. |
| Web Developer's Journal | The Web Developer's Journal is a part of NCT Web Magazine--a computer magazine aimed at small business and home office users. |
| WebWeek | This free, controlled-subscription weekly is Mecklermedia's newspaper for Web developers. It is available both online and in print. | Usenet Newsgroups |
| comp.infosystems.www.announce | A newsgroup in which new Web-related resources can be announced. Read the guidelines before posting. |
| comp.infosystems.www.advocacy | This newsgroup is for comparisons of different Web browsers, servers, and external viewer programs. |
| comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x |
These newsgroups are for discussions of World-Wide Web browsers on various computer platforms. Subjects might include configuration problems, helper applications, and bug reports. Browsers.x stands for X-Windows systems. |
| comp.infosystems.www.servers.mac
comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix | These newsgroups are for discussions of World-Wide Web servers on various computer platforms. Subjects might include configuration problems, security issues, directory structure, and bug reports. |
| comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc | These newsgroups discuss aspects of Web page authoring: CGI, or Common Getaway Interface scripts and programs; HTML features, formatting tricks, and proposed standards; image handling; and miscellaneous items like the use of video and audio. |
| comp.infosystems.www.misc | Check here for issues that don't fit clearly in one of the other comp.infosystems.www groups listed here. |
| bit.listserv.www-vm | This is a mirror of the BITNET mailing list WWW-VM for administrators of WWW systems running on the VM operating system. |
| comp.text.sgml | This newsgroup discusses Standard Generalized Markup Language. |
| comp.infosystems.users | This newsgroup is for those looking to browse or explore the Internet with a variety of tools. |
| W3O list of related newsgroups | Check here for WWW-related newsgroups. |
| WWW FAQ--What Newsgroups Discuss the Web? | Check here for WWW-related newsgroups. | Electronic Mailing Lists |
| WWW-announce. Send to listserv@ www.w3.org Message: subscribe www-announce [your name] | This mailing list sends out announcements of new WWW sites. |
| WWW-html. Send to listserv@www. w3.org Message: subscribe www-html [your name] | This mailing list discusses HyperText Markup Language. |
| WWW-proxy. Send to listserv@www. w3.org Message: subscribe www-proxy [your name] | This mailing list discusses issues in proxy WWW servers. Proxy servers allow access to the Web through firewalls. |
| WWW-talk. Send to listserv@www. w3.org Message: subscribe www-talk [your name] | General issues in managing WWW servers. Very useful. |
| WWW-security. Send to www- security-request@nsmx.rutgers.edu Message: subscribe | Security issues in managing WWW servers. |
| Working group on HTML. Send to html-wg-request@oclc.org Message: subscribe html-wg [your name] | This group is for people who want to work seriously on updating the HTML standard. |
| WWW-buyinfo. Send to www-buyinfo-request@allegra.att.com Message: subscribe www-buyinfo | Discussion of different electronic commerce techniques, software, and issues. |
| Web4Lib. Send to listserv@library.berkeley.edu Message: subscribe web4lib [your name] | This discussion list is concerned with the creation and management of library-based World-Wide Web servers and clients. It is aimed specifically at librarians and library staff, but everyone is welcome. |
| Netscape. Send to: listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie Message: subscribe netscape [your name] | For announcements from Netscape Communications Corp. They make Web browsers and servers. |
| ATM and the WWW. Send to: listserv@ CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU Message: Subscribe atmwww-l [your name] | For discussion of the impact of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology and networking on WWW. |
| WN-MAINT. Send to listserv@listserv. acns.nwu.edu with the message: subscribe wn-maint [Your Name] | This discussion list is for the WN Web server by John Franks, "for those who think the Web should be more than a user-friendly version of FTP." |
| W30 list of related mailing lists | Check here for WWW-related mailing lists. |
| WWW FAQ - What mailing lists discuss the Web? | Check here for WWW-related mailing lists. | Books |
| HTML Manual of Style by Larry Aronson, 1994 | A detailed examination of HyperText Markup Language 2.0. Look for an update to 3.0. |
| Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week by Laura Lemay, 1995 | A good resource for learning HyperText Markup Language. |
| The Internet for Everyone--A Guide for Users and Providers by Richard W. Wiggins, 1995 | A good book for publishing on the Internet. |
| The World Wide Web Unleashed by John December and Neil Randall, 1994 | Massive and thorough. |
| Managing Internet Information Services by Cricket Liu, Jerry Peek, Russ Jones, Bryan Buus, and Adrian Nye, 1994 | Essential if you plan to run UNIX-based Gopher, WWW, or WAIS servers. |
| Internet Servers: A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Build Them by Greg Bean, 1994 | Gives details on setting up FTP, Gopher, and WWW server software for Macintosh, PowerMac, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, and DOS systems. |
| Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford, 1995 | A good book on WWW publishing. |