- First, Platinum Edition Using HTML 3.2, Java 1.1, and CGI makes it easy for you to find the most effective means to accomplish any task that needs to be done or present most any kind of information that can be served on the Web.
- Second, this book covers the major Web technologies-not only HTML, Java, and CGI, but also VRML, Web browser scripting languages such as JavaScript and VB Script, and the full range of Microsoft's ActiveX technologies-in a depth and breadth that you won't find anywhere else. It has been expanded well beyond the best-selling Special Edition Using HTML, Second Edition, including almost 500 additional pages of in-depth technical detail, tips, techniques, and troubleshooting solutions. It also includes two CD-ROMs of Web software and HTML versions of some of Que's other related books.
With these goals in mind, how do you use this book?
If you are familiar with HTML and with setting up Web pages and Web sites, you may be able to just skim through the first couple of chapters to see what some of the issues in page and site design are and glance through the basic HTML elements discussed in the first two or three parts. Even if you are familiar with HTML, there may be some information in them that will be new to you. You can then read the advanced sections on HTML, as well as the sections on other Web technologies such as JavaScript and Java, CGI, VRML, and ActiveX technologies to determine which of those elements you want to include in your Web pages.
Platinum Edition Using HTML 3.2, Java 1.1, and CGI was written with the experienced HTML programmer in mind. Your experience may be limited to a simple Web home page you threw together, or you may be designing and programming Web sites. Either way, you will find comprehensive coverage on HTML and other Web technologies. Throughout this book, there are techniques for creating quality, effective Web pages and Web sites.