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Tables of Contents for The Internet Unplugged
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ABOUT LINKS TO SITES AND STAYING CURRENT
XV
2
FIGURES
XVII
8
FOREWORD
XXV
4
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XXIX
2
INTRODUCTION
XXXI
I. THE INTERNET DEFINED: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT ISN'T, AND WHAT IT OFFERS
1
24
INTERNET BASICS
1
4
Basic Elements: Resources and Links
1
2
The Internet: Bringing It All Together
3
1
What Is a Site?
4
1
THE WORLD WIDE WEB
5
6
A Pragmatic Overview of the Web
5
1
Documents, Pages, Hypertext, and Hyperlinks
5
1
Home Pages
6
1
Page Sizes and Roles
7
1
HTML: The Language of the Web
7
2
Hyperlinks
9
1
Files for Images and Add-On Programs
10
1
A DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
11
2
BUT, HOW DOES IT ALL WORK?
13
3
URLs: The Key to Navigating the Web
13
3
Clients, Servers, and Hosts
16
1
WHAT DOES THE INTERNET HAVE TO OFFER?
16
8
E-mail
17
1
Usenet Newsgroups
18
1
What Is Usenet?
18
2
Coded Transmissions and Binary Files Via Usenet
20
1
FTP
21
2
Telnet
23
1
The Internet as a Resource
23
1
SUMMARY
24
1
II. SELECTING A BROWSER AND AN ISP
25
30
WEB BROWSERS: AN OVERVIEW
25
16
Browser Functions
26
1
Browser Features: The Extras
27
2
Special Notes on Security Features
29
1
Notes on IRC and Telnet
30
1
Which Browser Should I Use?
30
1
Browser Wars
31
1
Which Browser Is Best?
32
1
Netscape Navigator
33
2
Netscape Navigator Features: An Overview
35
2
Microsoft Internet Explorer
37
2
Microsoft Internet Explorer Features: An Overview
39
2
A FEW OF THE REST
41
4
Back Where It All Began...
41
1
Other Commercial Web Browsers
41
1
ISP-Specific Web Browsers
42
1
NETCOM's NetCruiser
43
1
AOL's Web Browser
44
1
CompuServe and the Internet
44
1
Browsing the Web with Prodigy Internet
45
1
INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
45
8
Independent ISP or Online Service?
47
1
Content, Content, and More Content
47
2
Special Services
49
1
Cost
50
1
Ease of Access and Connectivity
50
2
Software
52
1
Putting It All Together
52
1
SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION SOURCES
53
2
Web Browsers
53
1
Independent ISPs
53
1
Online Services
53
2
III. BROWSER UTILITIES, SHAREWARE, AND MORE
55
30
GETTING THE WORDS RIGHT
55
1
UTILITY PROGRAMS
55
1
Utility Software Defined
56
1
MORE CATEGORIES: COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE, FREEWARE, AND SHAREWARE
56
3
Commercial Software
56
1
Freeware
57
1
Taking a Test Drive with Demoware
57
1
Shareware
58
1
Why Shareware?
58
1
Shareware Quality
59
1
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP
59
6
Disk or Download?
59
1
Stay in Control of Your Drive
60
1
Be Prepared
60
1
During Installation
61
1
After the Installation
62
1
Shareware Links
63
2
IV. INTERNET SUPPORT SOFTWARE BASICS
65
14
WHAT IS SUPPORT SOFTWARE?
65
1
ADD-ONS, PLUG-INS, AND CONTROLS
65
5
More Words About Words
65
1
What Can Add-Ons Do for Me?
66
1
Netscape Plug-Ins
67
1
Java, JavaScript, and VBScript
68
2
ActiveX Controls for Explorer
70
1
HELPER PROGRAMS
70
3
Step-by-Step: A Helper Program in Action
71
1
Helper Programs and Your Browser
72
1
VISUAL BASIC, AND THREE FILES YOU MUST HAVE
73
1
SOFTWARE & INFORMATION SOURCES
74
5
Download Links & Info for Plug-Ins and Helper Apps in General
74
1
Netscape Navigator Add-Ons
75
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer Add-Ons
75
1
Java Info and Links
76
1
Specific Products
76
3
V. ARCHIVING SOFTWARE
79
14
WHAT IS AN ARCHIVE?
80
3
What Is Archiving Software?
81
1
Why Use Archiving Utilities?
81
1
Self-Extracting Archives
82
1
COMMON ARCHIVING PROGRAMS
83
1
USING DOS ARCHIVING PROGRAMS
84
5
How-To: Archive Commands
85
1
Viewing an Archive's Contents
85
1
Unpacking an Archive's Contents
86
1
Unpacking a Self-Extracting Archive
86
1
Where to Unpack Archives, and Why
87
1
Creating or Adding to an Archive
88
1
ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
89
3
WinZip
89
2
PKZIP for Windows
91
1
Doing It from DOS, with Style
91
1
SOFTWARE SOURCES
92
1
VI. OFFLINE GRAPHICS HELPERS
93
14
GRAPHICS TERMS, CONVENTIONS, AND FORMATS
93
6
Basic PC Graphics Terminology
94
2
Graphics "Standards"
96
1
Some Major Graphics Formats
96
3
Your Browser and Graphics Formats
99
1
EXPANDING YOUR GRAPHIC CAPABILITIES WITH OFFLINE HELPERS
99
5
Graphics Viewers
100
1
Graphics Editors
101
1
Paint Shop Pro 4
102
2
Graphic Workshop for Windows
104
1
PRODUCTS MENTIONED
104
3
Graphics Viewers
104
1
Graphics Editors
105
1
Books
105
2
VII. COMPUTER/INTERNET DATA FORMATS AND CONVERSION
107
18
COMPUTER DATA
107
3
Binary Information and Binary Numbers
108
1
Bits and Bytes
109
1
The ASCII Table
110
1
DATA & DATA TRANSFER ON THE INTERNET
110
5
8-Bit ("Binary") Data
111
1
Binary Transmission of 8-Bit Data Over the Internet
111
1
MIME and Other Data Encoding Techniques
112
3
UNENCODING/ENCODING PROGRAMS
115
3
Using WinZip with MIME Files
116
1
Using Wincode
117
1
Handling Binary Files in Newsgroups
118
1
DATA SECURITY AND DATA ENCRYPTION
118
5
Browser and Internet Data Security Features
119
1
Data Encryption
119
1
Data Decryption
120
1
Keys and Encryption Software
120
1
One-Way Data Encryption
120
1
E-mail Message Encryption
121
1
Pretty Good Privacy
121
2
PRODUCTS & SERVICES MENTIONED
123
2
Encoding/Decoding Programs
123
1
Encryption Programs & Services
123
1
E-mail Programs
124
1
VIII. E-MAIL AND NEWS SUPPORT SOFTWARE
125
14
E-MAIL PROGRAMS
125
9
All the Myriad Features
125
2
Filing and Organizing
126
1
Address Book and Mailing Lists
126
1
Message Filters
126
1
Encoding/Decoding/Sending Message Attachments
127
1
Spell Checking
127
1
Summing Up Features
127
1
Eudora Pro
127
2
Pegasus Mail
129
2
BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition
131
1
E-Mail Connection (Between Online Services)
132
2
NEWSREADERS
134
3
Free Agent and Agent
135
2
PRODUCTS MENTIONED
137
2
E-Mail Programs
137
1
Newsreaders
137
2
IX. HELP FOR YOUR WEB SITE
139
36
WHY DO YOU NEED A WEB SITE?
139
1
WHERE TO GO? WEB SITE HOSTS
140
6
WEB SITE BASICS
146
12
HTML Files
146
6
HTML Coding
147
1
Making Links
148
3
Other HTML Tags
151
1
Learning HTML
151
1
Online References
152
1
"Testing, Testing..."
152
1
Graphic Images
152
1
Image Maps
153
1
Multimedia: Video and Sound Files
153
1
CGI Script and Program Files
154
1
Files for Download
155
2
Putting It on the Web
157
1
HTML HELPERS
158
4
Word Processors and HTML
158
1
Dedicated HTML Editors
159
3
HoTMetaL PRO
159
2
Corel's Web.Graphics Suite
161
1
CREATING AND EDITING GRAPHICS
162
2
Corel's WEB.DRAW
162
1
Paint Shop Pro
163
1
Mapedit
163
1
KEEPING TRACK
164
3
Counters
165
1
Visitor Demographics
165
2
GETTING THE WORD OUT: PUBLICIZING YOUR SITE
167
3
Spam
168
1
Other Online Helpers for Your Web Site
169
1
PRODUCTS & SERVICES MENTIONED
170
5
HTML Tutorials and References
170
1
HTML Creation/Editing Software
171
1
Graphics Software
171
1
Online Web Support Services
171
1
Web Support Software
172
1
Search Engines
172
1
Web Site Announcements and Publicizing
173
1
ISPs and Example Web Sites
173
1
Web Site Hosts (For Viewing Sample Web Pages)
174
1
X. IMPORTANT ADD-ONS AND PLUG-INS
175
12
BOOKMARK AND NAVIGATION HELPERS
175
4
Putting It Online
175
2
Netscape's PowerStart Page
175
1
Microsoft Custom Page
176
1
Do-It-Yourself with itList
176
1
Drawbacks to Keeping Your Bookmark Online
177
1
Bookmark Conversions
178
1
SOUND AND AUDIO HELPERS
179
1
RealAudio
179
1
TrueSpeech
179
1
CUSTOM NEWS FEEDS
179
2
PointCast
179
2
VIDEO HELPERS
181
2
QuickTime
181
1
Shockwave Director
182
1
VDOLive
182
1
DOCUMENT HELP
183
1
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
183
1
ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVES
184
1
PLUG-IN AND ACTIVEX CONTROL INFORMATION
185
1
SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION SOURCES
185
1
Plug-Ins and Add-Ons
185
1
Browser-Related Services
186
1
XI. GETTING HELP FROM THE INTERNET
187
18
FINDING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
187
9
Search Tools for the Web
188
1
Search Terms and Searches
188
1
Content and Summary Searches
189
1
Narrowing a Search
190
1
Scored Results
190
1
Search Controls
191
1
Search Phrases
191
1
Major Search Engines
192
1
Specialized Search Engines
193
1
Searching Usenet Newsgroups
193
3
Finding People
194
1
Finding Businesses Online
195
1
Caveat
196
1
ONLINE REFERENCES
196
1
FINDING ONLINE REFERENCES & GUIDES
197
2
Using Search Engines to Access Online References
198
1
SELECTED INTERNET REFERENCES AND GUIDES
199
2
Using the Internet
199
1
Using Web Browsers
200
1
Plug-Ins, Controls, and Add-On Programs
200
1
Creating Web Sites
201
1
WEB SITES MENTIONED
201
4
General Search Engines
201
1
Specialized Search Engines
202
1
Web Interface Sites for Finger
203
1
Web Sites of Interest
203
2
APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY OF TERMS
205
10
APPENDIX B. SUPPORT SOFTWARE AND WEB SITE LISTINGS
215
18
APPENDIX C. FOR MORE INFORMATION
233
2
APPENDIX D. THE ASCII TABLE
235
4
INDEX
239