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References From Chapter 1
The HTML Sourcebook, 3Ed.


NOTE:   Entries added or changed since the publication of the book are marked by the graphic: [New!].  
1. The World Wide Web FAQ
http://www.boutell.com/faq/

2. Web USENET Newsgroups

The following is a list of all the active World Wide Web newsgroups, and their associated subjects. Please, post messages only to the appropriate groups, and crosspost when sending the same message to more than one group!

Newsgroup Description
comp.infosystems.www.announceAnnouncements of new sites or services (moderated)
comp.infosystems.www.servers.macMacintosh HTTP servers
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windowsMS-Windows/Windows NT HTTP servers
comp.infosystems.www.advocacyPolitical and other advocacy issues
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgiCGI programming
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.imagesImages in Web documents including image formats, format conversions, and image maps
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.miscMiscellaneous browser issues
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windowsMS-Windows web browsers
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.miscMiscellaneous web authoring issues
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.macMacintosh Browsers
comp.infosystems.www.servers.miscMiscellaneous server issues
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unixUNIX HTTP Servers
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.xX-Windows Web browsers
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.htmlHTML authoring issues
comp.os.os2.networking.wwwWeb issues related to IBM OS/2
bionet.software.wwwWWW applications in the biological sciences.

Largely Obsolete Newsgroups

The following groups are older, and have been largely replaced by the above lists of more specialized groups.

comp.infosystems.www.providersIssues related to publishing material on the Web, such as the HTML language, and the development of server gateway programs.
comp.infosystems.www.usersUser related issues, such as configuring browsers, finding browser, or discussing browsers.
comp.infosystems.www.miscMiscellaneous topics
3. User surveys of WWW Resources
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/

4. General Web References
General references to HTML are given at the end of Chapters 4 and 5. The following sites contain documentation that may be of interest, but at a more introductory level.
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/intro.html
http://oneworld.wa.com/htmldev/devpage/dev-page.html
http://cbl.leeds.ac.uk/nikos/doc/repository.html
http://coney.gsfc.nasa.gov/www/sswg/candy_style.html

5. Guide to Browser Capabilities-- Browsercaps
http://www.pragmaticainc.com/bc/index.html

6. Yahoo List of HTML-Related Web Resources
http://www.yahoo.com/yahoo/Computers/World_Wide_Web/HTML/

The HTML Sourcebook -- 3Ed
© 1995, 1996, 1997 by Ian S. Graham
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