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Following your request to receive notification when the irt.org web site (http://www.irt.org/) has been updated, here is the latest newsletter: In This Edition: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles at irt.org * My First Forum - a bulletin board application * E-Commerce on the WWW : Prospects and Concerns * Exporting data to Word with Cold Fusion * "The Light Fantastic" * Web Design Hints and Tips * Java Applets in Education * MSIE Page Transition Filters * Re-directing access within Frames #2 - UPDATED * Linux #6 Setting up your Linux Server as an Internet Gateway! * You do have "CSSTYLE" with Emacs * Are all Portals the same? FAQs at irt.org * The JavaScript Knowledge Base * The JavaScript VFAQ * JavaScript FAQ - Mega Update Software Reviews at irt.org * Insigma Hyperceive 1.0 * RealNetworks RealPublisher 5.1 Games at irt.org * WebGames Challenge #04 - Minesweeper * WebGames Challenge #03 - Winner * JavaScript Icon Match Game How to Unsubscribe Articles at irt.org [http://www.irt.org/articles/] =================== My First Forum - a bulletin board application http://www.irt.org/articles/js156/index.htm Over twelve well explained articles, Andrew Shatwell develops an online bulletin board using Cold Fusion. E-Commerce on the WWW : Prospects and Concerns http://www.irt.org/articles/js155/index.htm Internet and the World-Wide Web (WWW) have opened new vistas in Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). Pankaj Kamthan discusses the prospects and concerns that this medium provides from the viewpoints of Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business commerce. Exporting data to Word with Cold Fusion http://www.irt.org/articles/js154/index.htm This article, written by Andrew Shatwell, will show you how to create a Cold Fusion script that will export information from your database and deliver it to the user in a Word document using the RTF format. "The Light Fantastic" http://www.irt.org/articles/js153/index.htm Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 offers a powerful line of DHTML commands and functions. We previously covered many of the Visual Filter effects in our article, Testing IE4's Visual Filters. This time we return to the one main Visual Filter that we left out: Lights. Web Design Hints and Tips http://www.irt.org/articles/js152/index.htm Hints and Tips to make your Web pages more pleasurable to your visitors - by Paul Rundle, Pankaj Kamthan and Martin Webb Java Applets in Education http://www.irt.org/articles/js151/index.htm Java applets are one type of Java programs that can be displayed within a WWW browser that supports Java. Advantages of using applets for the purposes of teaching and learning are discussed by Pankaj Kamthan. Guidelines for developing educational applets are suggested. Technological and pedagogical issues involved are pointed out. Prototypical examples are given as applications. MSIE Page Transition Filters http://www.irt.org/articles/js150/index.htm Written by Ben Allen - An article on using META tags to create a page transition Re-directing access within Frames #2 - UPDATED http://www.irt.org/articles/js126/index.htm Martin Webb and Jan Ehrhardt revisit frames and how to redirect access to individual frames to a correctly framed version using JavaScript - Updated to include support for the printing redirected frames Linux #6 Stairway to Heaven? - Setting up your Linux Server as an Internet Gateway! http://www.irt.org/articles/js149/index.htm Tarique Sani describes how to configure IP Masqerading and a simple Internet Firewall to allow you to set up your Linux machine as an Internet Gateway You do have "CSSTYLE" with Emacs http://www.irt.org/articles/js148/index.htm Use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is an important approach towards separating 'aesthetics' from content and structure of HTML documents. Pankaj Kamthan discusses two methods of editing CSS files using the powerful and widely used Emacs editor. Are all Portals the same? http://www.irt.org/articles/js147/index.htm In this article, Janus Boye will briefly define what a portal actually is, give a short history of the portals, review some of the current portals, and finally give a short suggestion of where the portals might be heading. FAQs at irt.org [http://www.irt.org/articles/] =============== The JavaScript Knowledge Base http://www.irt.org/cgi-bin/search_kb.cgi Introducing the JavaScript Knowledge Base - Search the JavaScript Knowledge Base - entering keywords and receiving a listing of all the JavaScript FAQ questions that match your query. The JavaScript VFAQ http://www.irt.org/script/vfaq.htm The Top 50 most Very Frequently Asked JavaScript Questions - the JavaScript VFAQ. JavaScript FAQ - Mega Update http://www.irt.org/script/faq.htm Over 250 additional Q&A's added to the exisiting JavaScript FAQ - taking it to over 700 JavaScript Q&A's. Software Reviews at irt.org [http://www.irt.org/articles/] =========================== Insigma Hyperceive 1.0 http://www.irt.org/software/sw014/index.htm Michael Bednarek looks at a promising new program which adds plugin-free music and sound to your sites. RealNetworks RealPublisher 5.1 http://www.irt.org/software/sw013/index.htm Michael Bednarek reviews a program from RealNetworks allowing you to create streaming audio and video for the Web. Games at irt.org [http://www.irt.org/games.htm] ================ WebGames Challenge #04 - Minesweeper http://www.irt.org/games/chall.htm We have a fourth JavaScript challenge for you, with two copies of The Settlers III up for grabs. WebGames Challenge #03 - Winner http://www.irt.org/games/chall/c03/sub05/index.htm The judges results are in - Steve Cunliffe (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - wins a copy of the Dynamic HTML authoring package Astound Dynamite. JavaScript Icon Match Game http://www.irt.org/games/all.htm Another JavaScript game added to the growing collection - Icon Match - with a two player version available. How to Unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you no longer wish to receive notification of updates just send a message with an indication that you want to unsubscribe to unregister@irt.org - remember I'm a human being and not an automated list server. -- Regards Martin Webb Internet Related Technologies - http://www.irt.org/ |