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HTML and Web technologies resources

The following are some useful resources available on the Web:

The HTML 4.0 specification is the official specification for HTML from the World Wide Web Consortium.

Index DOT HTML is a comprehensive listing of HTML tags, attributes, and values, as well as their compatibility with the various browsers.

The ZDNet Developer Tag Library is another listing of information about all HTML tags.

The Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 specification (CSS1) is the official specification for style sheets from the World Wide Web Consortium.

Web Review's Style Sheets Reference Guide explains what CSS styles are and which browsers they work in.

"CGI Scripts for Fun and Profit" is an article from the Hotwired Webmonkey site on incorporating ready-made CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts into your pages.

The CGI Resource Index is a repository of all things related to CGI, including ready-made scripts, documentation, books, and even programmers for hire.

The Common Gateway Interface site includes an introduction to CGI.

Entities Table lists the entity names used in ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1).

The Dynamic HTML Events page provides information about events in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Microsoft's ASP Overview pages provide information about Active Server Pages (ASP).

Sun's JSP page provides information about JavaServer Pages (JSP).

The PHP pages provide information about PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.

Allaire's ColdFusion product page provides information about ColdFusion.

The XML.com site provides information, tutorials, and tips about Extensible Markup Language (XML), as well as other Web technologies.

JavaScript Bible, by Danny Goodman (IDG Books), comprehensively covers the JavaScript 1.2 language.

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, by David Flanagan (O'Reilly & Associates), provides reference information for every JavaScript function, object, method, property, and event handler.