Price: $29.95
ISBN: 1-56276-308-3
Includes: Hyperlinked CD-ROM
Atlas to the World-Wide Web gives the reader access to the vast range and growing volume of World-Wide Web sites. Authors Powell and Wickre lead you through nearly one thousand sites located on the Web, covering interests for everyone from anarchists to right-wingers, from skateboarders to golfers. Along with the many of Web sites covered, Powell and Wickre explain how to connect to the Web, modem options necessary to travel the Web effectively, picking the right Internet service provider, if ISDN is a viable option for you, what a uniform resource locator (URL) is and how it works, and how to create your own page in HTML (hypertext markup language). The included CD-ROM contains the full text of the book, complete with the Spyglass Mosaic browser and fully hotlinked via the Internet.
Part 1 What in the World is the Web? Chapter 1 Welcome to Web World Before the Web Origins of the Web: Some Basics Who Travels the Web What Makes the Web a Web Managing Massive Web Growth Just Browsing, Thanks Chapter 2 Cruising Down the Web Plugging In Clients and Servers and Bears, Oh My! Oh, What Tangled Webs We Weave A Guide to Cyberspace Chapter 3 Web Technology: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain Part 2 The World-Wide Web Atlas: Listing of Web Pages By Subject\ Appendix A Where to Find World Wide Web Resources, Browsers, and Internet Providers
For computer aficionados, from neophyte Webbers to newbies; netsurfers; online researchers; Web developers; marketers; software designers and developers; traditional and online publishers.
Bob Powell is a software engineer specializing in computer animation and graphics. Currently, he is working with Rhythm & Hues, an animation, film, and commercial production company. Powell resides in Hollywood.
Karen Wickre has been traversing the personal computer business for 10 years. Her own company, Dakota Territory, specialized in freelance writing, editing, and project management for a wide assortment of technology and publishing companies. Wickre, a founder and co-chairperson of Digital Queers, is based in San Francisco.
