Chapter 10: Gourmet Web Recipes
(Advanced Web Documents)

Ingredients:

Tables and Frames

Clickable Maps

Server Side Includes and Active Pages

We have learned how to prepare a simple main course; now for the culinary delights. The difference between a good meal and a great meal is the subtle use of spices and sauces and, of course, presentation.


Table 10-10 Online Tutorials for Using Server Side Includes

Product Description
Server Side Includes Tutorial by Internetter Tutorial for SSIs that work with most servers.
The SSI Tutorial by Mark West Basics of server side includes, applicable to most Web servers.

Table 10-11 Active Page Tools

Product Description
Banner Mania by Hank Chandless Serve up rotating banner ads with NetCloak.
CometSite by Digital Comet An active page tool, no longer being developed, but available for free download.
DynaMorph by Morph Technologies Active page software. No longer being developed, but available as a free download.
HTPL by Tim Endres Freeware from Tim Endres and ICE Engineering. Support for HTPL has been discontinued. According to Endres, "It turned out that most of what people wanted from HTPL was fulfilled with more standard tools that have come into existence since HTPL was initiated."
NetCloak by Maxum Development Adds more than 30 new commands to your server's repertoire for developing server applications.
OpenScript by Vampire Software Allows you to include AppleScript , Perl and Frontier commands inside your HTML pages.
OpenWorld 1.0 by Marco Bambini Freeware version of OpenWorld. No longer the most recent version.
OpenWorld 2.0 by Vampire Software Shareware version, includes more commands and ability to include AppleScript and other languages in your pages.
WebObjects by Apple The WebObjects application server is available with Mac OS X Server.