In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)

By: Stephen Spainhour

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Paperback | 3 January 2003 | Edition Number 3

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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.

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"The internet programmers bible reincarnated!" - Amias Channer, LinuxFormat, July 2003

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Preface	p. xi
The Web in a Nutshell	p. 1
Clients and Servers	p. 1
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)	p. 1
Web Content: HTML, XML, CGI, JavaScript, and PHP	p. 2
The HTTP Protocol	p. 3
Web Servers	p. 3
Who Are the Webmasters?	p. 3
Recommended Books	p. 4
HTML
HTML Overview	p. 7
HTML Document Structure	p. 8
HTML Syntax	p. 8
XHTML	p. 9
Dynamic Content	p. 10
HTML Reference	p. 14
Core Attributes	p. 14
HTML Tag and Attribute Descriptions	p. 16
Frames	p. 59
Frame Layout	p. 60
Nested Framesets	p. 62
The [left angle bracket]frame[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 62
Frame Targets	p. 63
Frame Border Attributes	p. 65
Tables	p. 66
The [left angle bracket]table[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 68
The [left angle bracket]caption[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 69
The [left angle bracket]tr[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 69
The [left angle bracket]th[right angle bracket] and [left angle bracket]td[right angle bracket] Tags	p. 70
Border Color and Backgrounds	p. 71
Advanced Table Tags	p. 71
Forms	p. 73
The [left angle bracket]form[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 73
The [left angle bracket]input[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 74
The [left angle bracket]textarea[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 76
The [left angle bracket]select[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 77
An Example Form	p. 78
Character Entities	p. 81
Color Names and Values	p. 87
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets	p. 91
The Elements of Styles	p. 91
Style Syntax	p. 95
Style Properties	p. 100
CSS Reference	p. 102
XML
XML	p. 111
XML Terminology	p. 112
XML Reference	p. 119
Entity and Character References	p. 124
Document Type Definitions	p. 124
The Extensible Stylesheet Language	p. 135
XSLT Style Sheet Structure	p. 136
Templates and Patterns	p. 137
XSLT Elements	p. 142
XPath	p. 157
XPointer and XLink	p. 164
JavaScript
JavaScript	p. 177
Versions of JavaScript	p. 177
Syntax	p. 178
Client-Side JavaScript	p. 193
JavaScript API Reference	p. 212
CGI and Perl
CGI Overview	p. 265
A Typical CGI Interaction	p. 266
URL Encoding	p. 269
Extra Path Information	p. 270
CGI Environment Variables	p. 270
Server Side Includes	p. 273
Configuring the Apache Server for SSI	p. 273
Basic SSI Directives	p. 274
SSI Environment Variables	p. 277
Configurable Time Formats for SSI Output	p. 277
Conditional Statements	p. 278
The CGI.pm Module	p. 280
HTML Tag Generation	p. 283
Importing Method Groups	p. 283
Maintaining State	p. 284
Named Parameters	p. 284
Using JavaScript Features	p. 285
Debugging	p. 285
CGI.pm Reference	p. 286
Web Server Programming with mod_perl	p. 303
Installing mod_perl	p. 304
Design of mod_perl	p. 304
mod_perl Handlers	p. 304
Running CGI Scripts with mod_perl	p. 306
Server Side Includes with mod_perl	p. 307
[left angle bracket]Perl[right angle bracket] Sections	p. 307
Apache:: Modules	p. 308
The Perl API	p. 311
PHP
PHP	p. 323
Installation and Configuration	p. 323
Embedding PHP in HTML	p. 325
Language Syntax	p. 327
Variables	p. 327
Data Types	p. 329
Expressions	p. 333
Operators	p. 333
Control Structures	p. 333
Functions	p. 336
Web-Related Variables	p. 338
Sessions	p. 340
Examples	p. 341
Function Reference	p. 345
HTTP
HTTP	p. 423
Client Requests	p. 425
Server Responses and Status Codes	p. 428
HTTP Headers	p. 432
Cookies	p. 442
Media Types and Subtypes	p. 444
Server Configuration
Apache Configuration	p. 453
Understanding Apache	p. 453
Basic Server Configuration: Core Directives	p. 459
Apache Modules	p. 475
Web Performance	p. 522
Client-Side Performance	p. 522
HTML Authoring	p. 524
Programming	p. 525
Administration	p. 526
Using Analysis.cgi to Find A Bottleneck	p. 530
Monitoring Web Performance Using Perl	p. 532
Index	p. 539
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