Question: What does the “://” in a URL mean? I understand the “http” and thedomain name, but there must be a reason for the “://”. Answer: Actually its not “://” as a single entity; rather, the colon is part of thehttp. The Web browser can handle different protocols (FTP, HTTP,
Question: I am automatically generating a complex page with many different forms on it. I want the submit button to have arbitrary text on it of varying lengths. I further would like to make all buttons the same width (the width of the longest piece of text or some arbitrary
Question: Frames look nice, but how do you get back to the first page when you follow a link from within a frame? I’m using Netscape. Answer: Links from within the frames may not necessarily give you an option to go back to the first page. Those are up to
Question: On a page with three frames, is it possible to establish a link in one frame which will update the other two frames at the same time? Answer: You can accomplish this by using nested framesets. This means that the frame with the originating link is not at the
Question: Can I do a “binary dump” using PERL? Meaning, can I “compile” a PERL script to binary form? If this is possible, I would greatly appreciate some “how to.” Answer: There is a “dump” command in Perl that puts the byte codes out to a file. These binary codes
Question: I have completed my form but cannot figure out how to get theinformation sent back to me. In other words, when someone clicks SUBMITthey get an error message! I have no idea whether to use POST or what URLto use. Do I need a helper application? Answer: No. You
Question: The graphics on my Web pages are all now in GIF format. Someone told me that I should convert all these GIFs over to JPEG format, because it is faster and better. Is this true? Answer: Not necessarily. It depends on the kind of image. The JPEG graphics format
Question: I want to create ‘back’ and ‘exit’ buttons that look the same as the’submit’ and ‘reset’ buttons that are in the <FORMS> commands,and place them all together in a table at the bottom of my Formspages. Is it possible to create buttons that are interlaced GIFs anduse them in
Question: How can I implement a counter on my page, like the oneyou use, to show how many visitors have been to my site? Answer: The most common way to do this is via a CGI script; however, if youdon’t have the time or inclination to write your own script,