Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:37:19 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" Subject: "HTML Sourcebook" by Graham BKHTMLSR.RVW 950323 "HTML Sourcebook", Ian Graham, 1995, 0-471-11849-4, U$29.95 %A Ian Graham igraham@utirc.utoronto.ca %C 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012 %D 1995 %G 0-471-11849-4 %I John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (who do not honour copyright) %O U$29.95 800-CALL-WILEY 212-850-6630 Fax: 212-850-6799 jdemarra@jwiley.com %P 416 %T "HTML Sourcebook" For those who are serious about creating World Wide Web pages and presentations, this is a very thorough reference. Chapter one is a lesson in HTML (HyperText Markup Language). It covers elements right up to multimedia and forms. The overview, though, is quite brief. Anchors are explained as links to other documents, but the function of linking to a specific section of a document is not covered. This function *is* covered in chapter two, which details all the HTML elements, including those proposed for HTML+. Subsequent chapters deal with Universal Resource Locators (URLs); the Common Gateway Interface (CGI); tools, editors and document translators; browsers; servers; and examples. The material is technical and detailed, right down to mention of security considerations on clients. The pace and technical level may not be suitable for beginners, who may want to look at Lemay's "Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML" (cf. BKWPHTML.RVW). The organization of the all important second chapter takes some getting used to. The anchor element is included with "List Elements", is not referenced by the "anchor" entry in the index, and the "A element" index listing is out of order. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKHTMLSR.RVW 950323 ====================== DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters Editor and/or reviewer ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733 Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94311-0/3-540-94311-0