Over 1,400 pages of information and solutions, this book is the most comprehensive guide to Web publishing on the market. Expert authors provide thorough coverage of advanced Web publishing technologies, including HTML, Java, CGI, VBScript, and JavaScript. This book is loaded with information on the following topics: Hypertext Markup Language Web Page Design Style Sheets Dynamic HTML HTML Forms Advanced Layout with Tables and Frames Client Side Scripting (JavaScript, VBScript, Image maps, etc) Java 1.1 ActiveX CGI Server Side Scripting Push Technologies (Castanet, CDF, and Netcaster) Includes all the information readers need to publish on the World Wide Web. Provides in-depth coverage of HTML 4, Java, ActiveX, JavaScript, VBScript, CGI, Dynamic HTML. Explains how to integrate technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets into Web publications.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. A Melding of Technologies 2. Setting Up an Extensible Web Publishing Framework 3. The Function of HTML in Contemporary Web Publishing 4. Basic Structural Elements and Their Usage 5. Traditional Text and Formatting 6. Style Sheets: Formatting for the Future 7. Using Tables for Organization and Layout 8. Advanced Layout and Positioning with Style Sheets 9. Creating Forms with HTML 10. Frames and Framesets 11. Using Images with HTML 12. Merging Multimedia, Controls, and Plug-Ins with HTML 13. Scripting Basics 14. Client-Side Image Maps: A Quick Demonstration of Client-Side Scripting 15. Introducing JavaScript 16. Creating Simple JavaScript 17. Using JavaScript for Forms 18. Using JavaScript with Style Sheets 19. Why Java? 20. The Java Language: A Crash Course 21. Introduction to Applet Programming 22. JavaBeans, JARs, and Safe Computing 23. Integrating Java and JavaScript 24. Putting Your Server to Work 25. Traditional CGI Programming 26. The Anatomy of a CGI Application 27. Server-Specific Technologies: Netscape ONE Versus Microsoft Windows DNA 28. Serious Applications for Serious Web Publishing 29. Server-Independent Technologies - The Java Servlet API 30. Using the HTML Object Model and Creating Dynamic HTML Pages 31. Manipulating Objects and Responding to User Interaction 32. Saving User Preferences: Cookies and OPS 33. ActiveX Controls for the World Wide Web 34. XML A HTML 4.0 Reference B CSS Reference Index