Webmaster in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Chapter 2 HTML Overview

1. HTML Document Structure
2. HTML Syntax
3. JavaScript Event Handlers

Chapter 3 HTML Reference

1. Core Attributes
2. HTML Tag and Attribute Descriptions

Chapter 4 Frames

1. Frame Layout
2. Nested Framesets
3. The <frame> Tag
4. Frame Targets
5. Frame Border Attributes

Chapter 5 Tables

1. The <table> Tag
2. The <caption> Tag
3. The <tr> Tag
4. The <th> and <td> Tags
5. Border Color and Backgrounds
6. Advanced Table Tags

Chapter 6 Forms

1. The <form> Tag
2. The <input> Tag
3. The <textarea> Tag
4. The <select> Tag
5. An Example Form

Chapter 7 Character Entities

Chapter 8 Color Names and Values

Chapter 9 Cascading Style Sheets

1. The Elements of Styles
2. Style Syntax
3. Style Properties
4. CSS Reference

Chapter 10 XML

1. XML Terminology
2. XML Reference
3. Document Type Definitions
4. The Extensible Stylesheet Language
5. XLink and XPointer

Chapter 11 JavaScript

1. Versions of JavaScript
2. JavaScript Reference
3. JavaScript Syntax
4. Variables
5. Data Types
6. Expressions and Operators
7. Statements
8. Regular Expressions
9. JavaScript in HTML
10. Client-Side Object Hierarchy
11. Windows and Frames
12. Forms
13. Events
14. JavaScript Security Restrictions
15. Global Properties
16. Global Functions
17. Alphabetical Object Reference

Chapter 12 CGI Overview

1. A Typical CGI Interaction
2. URL Encoding
3. Extra Path Information
4. CGI Environment Variables

Chapter 13 Server Side Includes

1. Configuring the Apache Server for SSI and XSSI
2. Basic SSI Directives
3. SSI Environment Variables
4. Configurable Time Formats for SSI Output
5. Conditional Statements

Chapter 14 The CGI.pm Module

1. HTML Tag Generation
2. Importing Method Groups
3. Maintaining State
4. Named Parameters
5. Using JavaScript Features
6. Debugging
7. CGI.pm Reference

Chapter 15 Web Server Programming with mod_perl

1. Design of mod_perl
2. Installing mod_perl
3. mod_perl Handlers
4. Running CGI Scripts with mod_perl
5. Server Side Includes with mod_perl
6. <Perl> Sections
7. Apache:: Modules

Chapter 16 PHP

1. Configuration
2. Embedding PHP in HTML
3. Language Syntax
4. Variables
5. Data Types
6. Expressions
7. Operators
8. Control Structures
9. Functions
10. Web-Related Variables
11. Examples
12. Function Reference
13. Array Functions
14. Configuration and Logging Functions
15. Database Functions
16. Date/Time Functions
17. Directory Functions
18. File Functions
19. Graphics Functions
20. HTTP Functions
21. IMAP Functions
22. LDAP Functions
23. Math Functions
24. PDF Functions
25. String Functions
26. Variable Manipulation Functions
27. XML Functions
28. Miscellaneous Functions

Chapter 17 HTTP

1. Client Requests
2. Server Responses and Status Codes
3. HTTP Headers
4. Cookies
5. Media Types and Subtypes

Chapter 18 Apache Configuration

1. Understanding Apache
2. Basic Server Configuration: Core Directives

Chapter 19 Apache Modules

1. mod_access
2. mod_actions
3. mod_alias
4. mod_auth
5. mod_auth_anon
6. mod_auth_db
7. mod_auth_dbm
8. mod_autoindex
9. mod_browser
10. mod_cern_meta
11. mod_cgi
12. mod_cookies
13. mod_digest
14. mod_dir
15. mod_dld
16. mod_dll
17. mod_env
18. mod_example
19. mod_expires
20. mod_headers
21. mod_imap
22. mod_include
23. mod_info
24. mod_isapi
25. mod_log_agent
26. mod_log_common
27. mod_log_config
28. mod_log_referer
29. mod_mime
30. mod_mime_magic
31. mod_mmap_static
32. mod_negotiation
33. mod_proxy
34. mod_rewrite
35. mod_setenvif
36. mod_so
37. mod_speling
38. mod_status
39. mod_userdir
40. mod_unique_id
41. mod_usertrack

Chapter 20 Server Performance

1. Turn Off Reverse DNS Lookups
2. Use the Most Recent Version of Your Server
3. Keep HTML Content and HTTP Logs on Different Disks
4. Keep Content as Small as Possible
5. Performance Tips for HTML Authors
6. Graphics
7. Preprocess Queries and Cache the Results
8. Use Servlets or Server APIs
9. Increase RAM and Bandwidth
10. Look for Excessive TCP Retransmits
11. Use the Same TCP MTU as Your ISP
12. Use a Trailing Slash When Requesting a Directory