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File Uploading with ASP and VBScript From ASP Today: This is a great technique for adding file upload support in scenarios where you can't install any additional components on the server. Using ASP and VBScript, Philippe shows you how to parse and save uploaded files - no extra components are required.
Building the Dream Team From CNET Builder.com: Competition for capable Web builders is stronger today than ever before, as businesses struggle to hire strong teams and keep them from leaving for the competition. Learn the success strategies of 5 design companies.
A Tool for Webmasters: Building an Email Notification System From 4 Guys from Rolla: Build a useful webmaster tool to keep abreast with your users' inputs through e-mail updates. On each input, have an e-mail automatically sent to you with a link to the new information!
Reporting with ADO, XML and XSL - Part I From ASP Today: Anthony Young shows how to save, or persist, a recordset into an XML file; create a XSL file that will later be used to transform the XML into HTML; and transform the XML into HTML.
Interfacing With MS Access 97+ From PHP Builder: A simple tutorial which teaches how to connect and use MS Access databases through ODBC in PHP pages.
Drag and Drop with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 From irt.org: This article introduces some of the brand-new Internet Explorer 5.0 events for tracking the source and destination of drag-and-drop operations.
Creating Dynamic JavaScript with ASP and Databases From 15 Seconds: Travis Giggy demonstrates how to put ASP tags inside of JavaScript blocks so developers can fit large amounts of data into one form on a single page. He offers an overview of things that can be done with dynamic JavaScript with ASP and data queries.
Creating Listserver Functionality Using ASP and SQL Server 7 From ASP Today: Bob Black describes how to create listserver functionality with SQL Mail - covering queueing messages, scheduling a sql server job, and creating the stored procedure to actually send the message(s).
Censoring User Comments in a Guestbook/Forum Setting From 4 Guys from Rolla: This article, by Derrick, demonstrates how to use code to quiet abusive posters in a guestbook or forum setting. Often it is advantageous for some webmasters to control 3rd party content, comments, and user input. This naughty word filtering function takes the first step to ensuring that possible offensive words are not shown. Its very easy to adapt the function to remove the entire external message if so desired.
Identifying Installed Fonts< From Web Reference: Dingbats in your belfry? Find out with our new DHTML font detective. Beautify, simplify and accelerate your Web Apps with this new tool-torial.
Flash Point: Build a Jigsaw Puzzle from CNET Builder.com: Are you puzzled over how to create a Flashy site? The latest edition of Flash Point teaches you how to create a jigsaw puzzle with Flash. You can use this lesson to build interactive menus and shopping carts on your site.
DHTML Lab: DHTML Application Toolbars from Web Reference: Build application-like toolbars with Internet Explorer, complete with rollovers and keyboard shortcuts.
Creating a Mailing List Program from 4 Guys From Rolla: Learn how to create an ASP-based mailing list program! The article demonstrates how to build the administration pages to help maintain the mailing list, as well as the all-important ASP script to actually send out a message to the subscribers!
Building a more powerful component model with IE 5.5 from MSDN Online: Learn about how the Internet Explorer's component model is being improved in IE 5.5. IE 5.5 adds new behavior support for ViewLinks and Element behaviors.
Session Management with PHP4 from PHP Builder: One of the new great features with PHP4 is the session management feature. It allows you to store variables in a session 'object' during a user visit.
The Day the Browser Died from A List a Part: A commentary on the state of web standards, and how hard it is to make CSS pages work correctly in Netscape Navigator.
Customizing a SQL 7.0 Database for an ASP Web Site from ZDNet Dev Head: Learn how to create and configure a sample database using the SQL 7.0 Server Enterprise Manager. You will also see how to add the appropriate users-with the appropriate rights-so the data will be accessible to the Web server.
A Beginner's Guide to the XML DOM from MSDN Online: Learn how to access and manipulate XML documents via the XML DOM implementation, as exposed by the Microsoft® XML Parser.
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Selected Web Development Books
Inside Dynamic HTML from Microsoft Press: The essential resource for the next generation of interactive Web development with Internet Explorer written by your InsideDHTML Host, Scott Isaacs. Part technicial manifesto, part application sourcebook, Inside Dynamic HTML starts by laying out core concepts and tools - HTML, CSS, and scripting fundamentals. Subsequent chapters explain the object model and element collections. Beyond presenting the technical blueprint to Dyanmic HTML, this book also delivers what you need most - provocative, reusable techniques that demonstrate key benefits of the new object model.
The Complete Guide to Associate & Affiliate Programs on the Net from McGraw-Hill: An easy to read introduction on how to make affiliate marketing work for you.
Developing Asp Components from O'Reilly & Associates: Developing ASP Components offers comprehensive instruction for creating and implementing server-side components for the Microsoft Web server platform. Covers building components with Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual J++ development.
IE5 Dynamic HTML Programmer from Wrox Publishing: Good introduction to DHTML, XML, CSS, etc. Appendices on DHTML, HTML, Browser object model, CSS, VBScript, Jscript in Internet Explorer 5.0.
XML IE5 Programmer's Reference from WROX Publishing: A comprehensive and concise reference to using XML and XSL in Internet Explorer 5.0.
Dynamic Html : The Definitive Reference from O'Reilly & Associates: Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference contains complete reference material for all of the HTML tags, CSS style attributes, browser document objects, and JavaScript objects supported by the various standards and the latest versions of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 from WROX Publishing: Professional Active Server Pages 3.0 is the next edition of the number one selling ASP book in the world; Professional Active Server Pages 2.0. This is a next edition covering all the new features that appear as part of Win2000 but it is also a completely new book in terms of content, recycling essentially nothing from the previous edition. Instead all the concepts are taken a step further for a more mature audience and ASP is considered in terms of an N-tier enterprise environment including extensive coverage of components, Index Server, ADO 2.5, XML, CDO, ADSI, and much more.
Selected Web Sites
Blogger: Billed as a weblog publishing tool, Blogger is a free, web-based tool that is useful for automating updates to news pages, links lists, or any type of web page that changes frequently and consists of many bits of info. Also handy for letting non-technical clients update their own home pages.
Microsoft Agent Web Ring: Bring your Applications and Websites to Life with Microsoft Agent technologies. The Microsoft Agent Web Ring is a world-wide collection of over 100 Microsoft Agent related websites.
Rebol.com: A web-site dedicated to the programming language, REBOL. REBOL/Core is an Internet-native messaging language, directly handling primary Internet protocols.
ASP Sites Resource Guide: A great place to go to find ASP resources fast! ASPSites.com lists sites by category, by popularity, and by rating. You can also search for sites by keyword.
Bookmarklets.com: A site dedicated to bookmarklets - simple cross-browser tools that extend your browser.
Selected Product Reviews
New Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Review from WebMaster-Resources: Matt Mickiewicz from Webmaster-Resources.com reviews the latest re-incarnation of this highly acclaimed HTML Editor. It adds plenty of new features, but is it worth the upgra de?
Builder.com Reviews: HomeSite 4.5 from CNET Builder.com: A favorite HTML editors adds an image mapper and some interface improvements. Is it worth upgrading from version 4.0?
Adobe PageMill: Power for Professionals and Novices from CMPNet Web Tools: A review of Adobe's PageMill. Adobe's PageMill is a broadly based, Web page design and authoring tool that is jam-packed with plenty of great features. PageMill also includes powerful website management tools that make managing cool websites a snap.
BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 from CMPNet Web Tools: A look at Microsoft's BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 as a web server platform. Learn about the tools you need and don't need and some installation issues.
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 from Web Developer: A review of Adobe PhotoShop 5.5 which tightly integrates Adobe PhotoShop and ImageReady.
E-Storefront Options for Small Businesses from Web Monkey: Reviews different on-line services for building your on-line store. Covers Yahoo Store, Intel's iCat Web Store, Hip-Hop Software's MerchandiZer, and Big Step.
Build a Better Web Site from PC Magazine: This article reviews a large collection of tools for designing your site (WYSIWYG editors), polishing your site (free services on the web), building it (leading tools for dynamic sites), and serving your web-site.
Selected Developer Products
ColdFusion Express from Allaire: ColdFusion Express, the free, limited-functionality version of the award winning Allaire ColdFusion Web application server, is now available for download. ColdFusion Express provides the ideal entry-level system for creating basic dynamic web applications. Whether you're an HTML developer or desktop database developer, ColdFusion Express lets you immediately start creating web applications for everything from database reporting to employee directories.
eStore Builder for Drumbeat 2000 from Macromedia: A fast and flexible tool for building ASP-based e-commerce applications with all the functionality merchants require. Use a Wizard and Point-and-Click Interactions to quickly create a secure, easy-to-use online store - that is easily maintained by the merchant, and will scale to support thousands of products.
ServerSitter from FastFocus Systems: One of biggest issues we had at InsideDHTML is 24/7 monitoring of the site. By adding ServerSitter to InsideDHTML, if our server hangs ServerSitter automatically reboots the server within 2.5 minutes.
Selected Affiliate Programs
Baby Center: Earn money offering new and expectant parents access to baby products.
Tunes.com - Steal our site: Earn money providing music news from RollingStones.com, TheSource.com, and DownBeatJazz.com.
Barnes and Noble: Earn money selling magazines, books, music, software, and more from Barnes and Noble.

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