Designing and Implementing Champion Web Projects:
A Guide for IT Managers

Websites

• Free Online Dictionary of Computing ~ www.foldoc.org
• Webopedia online dictionary and search engine ~ www.webopedia.com
• About The World Wide Web ~ www.w3.org/WWW
• XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language ~ www.w3.org/TR/html/
• BrowserWatch ~ browserwatch.internet.com
• Bobby: Web Accessibility ~ www.cast.org/bobby
• W3C World Wide Web Consortium ~ www.w3.org
• All Things Web ~ www.pantos.org/atw
• Color Symbolism by Culture ~ webdesign.about.com/compute/webdesign/library/weekly/aa070400c.htm
• Infromation Technology Association of America ~ www.itaa.org
• The Netcraft Web Server Survey ~ www.netcraft.com/survey
• What's that site running? ~ www.netcraft.com/whats/
• Yahoo Web Server Platform Page ~ dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Servers/
• The Apache Software Foundation ~ www.apache.org
• ApacheWeek ~ www.apacheweek.com
• MacCentral ~ www.maccentral.com
• iPlanet ~ www.iplanet.com
• Windows Web Services (IIS) ~ www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/
• Browser Market Share Study ~ www.psrinc.com/Summary.htm
• Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 CSS2 Specification ~ www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/
• W3C Document Object Model
• DHTML Zone FAQ ~ www.dhtml-zone.com/dhtmlfaq.asp
• DHTML Zone ~ www.dhtml-zone.com
• DHTML Lab ~ webreference.com/dhtml
• Dynamic HTML ~ wdvl.com/Authoring/DHTML
• JavaScript.com ~ javascript.com
• The JavaScript Weenie ~ javascriptweenie.com
• Authoring JavaScript ~ wdvl.com/Authoring/JavaScript
• Microsoft vbscript ~ msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/vbscript/default.htm
• VB.com Bookmark ~ www.vb-bookmark.com/vbScript.html
• Java Applets ~ java.sun.com/applets
• W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) ~ www.w3.org/XML
• XML Resources ~ www.jclark.com/xml/
• The XML Cover Pages ~ www.oasis-open.org/cover
• ZDNET Developer: XHTML 1.0 ~ www.zdnet.com/devhead/resources/tag_library/history/xhtml.html
• Introduction to XHTML ~ wdvl.com/Authoring/Languages/XML/XHTML/
• W3C HTML Validation Service ~ validator.w3.org
• Fast CGI ~ www.fastcgi.com
• W3C Common Gateway Interface (CGI) ~ www.w3.org/CGI
• Java Servlet Technology: The Power Behind the Server ~ java.sun.com/products/servlet/
• Java Servlets: Industry Momentum ~ java.sun.com/products/servlet/runners.html
• The Java Apache Project ~ java.apache.org
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor ~ www.php.net
• phpWizard.net ~ www.phpwizard.net
• Choosing a Web database ~ www.builder.com/Servers/ChoosingWebDB/ss03.html
• MySQL ~ www.mysql.com
• Mini SQL ~ www.hughes.com.au
• MySQL Comparison Page ~ www.mysql.com/information/crash-me.php
• JDBC Data Access API ~ java.sun.com/products/jdbc/
• Application Server FAQ ~ www.appserver-zone.com/appservfaq.asp
• Application Server Zone ~ www.appserver-zone.com
• APP-Serv Central ~ www.app-serv.com
• Application Server Comparison Matrix ~ www.flashline.com/Components/appservermatrix.jsp
• The Object Management Group ~ www.omg.org
• Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions ~ www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ-G.html
• Apache LDAP Authentication Module ~ nona.net/software/ldap/
• Apache mod_auth Module ~ www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_auth.html
• The World Wide Web Security FAQ ~ www.perl.com/pub/doc/FAQs/cgi/wwwsf3.html
• Secure Sockets Layer ~ home.netscape.com/security/techbriefs/ssl.html Apache-SSL ~ www.apache-ssl.org
• The Apache Interface to Open SSL ~ www.modssl.org
• Stronghold ~ www.c2.net/products/sh3/index.php3
• Entrust Technologies ~ www.entrust.com
• Verisign ~ www.verisign.com
• Thawte Digital Certificate Services ~ www.thawte.com
• Persistent Client State HTTP Cookies ~ www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
• The CGI Resource Index: HTTP Cookies ~ cgi.resourceindex.com/Documentation/HTTP_Cookies/
• W3C Security Resources ~ www.w3.org/Security
• CERT ~ www.cert.org
• JA-SIG ~ www.ja-sig.org
• Building Better Software ~ www.robelle.com/library/papers.better

Tutorials

• The Theory Designers Need: some directions for grounding WWWeb design in cognitive science ~ www.mcs.net/~jorn/html/net/theory.html
• Cognitive Design Principles ~ webclass.csuchico.edu/fc/COURSES/SHARE/DonNorman/Norman.html
• ASP Tutorial ~ msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/server/asp/asptutorial.asp
• ASP Next Generation ~ www.aspng.com Short guide to DBI (The Perl Database Interface Module) ~ www.perl.com/pub/1999/10/DBI.html
• Apache Guide: Apache Authentication ~ apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-07-24-002-01-NW-LF-SW
• Understanding Digital Certificates and SSL ~ www.entrust.net/products/digitalcerts/
• How To Eliminate The Ten Most Critical Internet Security Threats: The Experts' Consensus ~ www.sans.org/topten.htm

Articles

• Ashenfelter, J. P. " Getting Started with Web Databases." webreview.com, February 26, 1999 ~ webreview.com/wr/pub/1999/02/26/webdb/
• Giordan, D. "Shoptalk." Adobe Magazine, vol 11, no. 4., pp 23-4. July/August 2000.
• Gleason, B. " Boston College University-Wide Information Portal Concepts and Recommended Course of Action." January 26, 2000 ~ www.mis2.udel.edu/ja-sig/whitepaper.html
• Green, B. " Building Better Software: User-centric Techniques That Endure." Robelle Solutions Technology, April 13, 2000 ~ www.robelle.com/library/papers/better/
• Johnston, J. " Damian Conway Talks Shop." O'Reilly, August 21, 2000 ~ www.perl.com/pub/2000/08/conway.html
• Looney, M. and Lyman, P. " Portals in Higher Education." EDUCAUSE Review, July/August 2000 ~ www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm00/articles004/looney.pdf
• Kamthan, P. " CGI Security : Better Safe than Sorry." September 19, 1999 ~ tech.irt.org/articles/js184/
• McFarland, G., Rudmik, A., Lange, D. " Object-Oriented Database Management Systems Revisited: An Updated State-of-the-Art Report." Funded by Air Force Research Laboratory - Information Directorate (AFRL/IF), December 18, 1997
• Sol, S. " Security Issues When Installing and Customizing Pre-Built Web Scripts." February 1, 1998 ~ Stars.com/Authoring/Scripting/Security/
• Schafer, M. " Web Architect Builds a Bridge Between Worlds." Network Computing, July 10, 2000 ~ www.networkcomputing.com/1113/1113ca.html
• Wu, A. " Performance Comparison of Alternative Solutions for Web-To-Database Applications." May 5, 2000 ~ rain.vislab.olemiss.edu/~ww1/homepage/project/mypaper.htm

Books & Journals

• All Things Web: The Rules. Sullivan. 1996.
• All Things Web: Re-Visioning Document Structure. Sullivan. 1996.
• Burdman, J. Collaborative Web Development. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. 1999.
• Buyens, J. Step by Step Web Database Development. Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA. 2000.
• Hunter, J. Java Servlet Programming. O'Reilly. 1998.
• Laurie, B. and Laurie, P. Apache: The Definitive Guide. O'Reilly. 1999.
• Menasce, D. and Almeida, V. Scaling for E-Business: Technologies, Models, Performance, and Capacity Planning. Prentice Hall, 2000.
• Maguire, S., Debugging the Development Process. Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA. 1994
• Morris, M.E., and Hinrichs, R.J. Web Page Design. SunSoft Press, Mountain View, CA. 1996.
• Nielson, J. Designing Web Usability. New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. 2000.
• Reese, G. Database Programming with JDBC and Java. O'Reilly. 1997.
• Sather, A., Ibanez, A., DeChant, B., and Pascal. Creating Killer Web Sites. Hayden Books, Indianapolis, IN. 1997.
• Srinivasan, S. Advanced Perl Programming, O'Reilly, 1997.
• Wall, L., Christiansen, T., and Schwartz, R. Programming Perl, O'Reilly. 1996.
• Waters, C. Web Concept & Design. New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. 1996.
• Web Security: A Matter of Trust. World Wide Web Journal. O'Reilly. Volume 2, Issue 3, Summer 1997.
• Yarger, R., Reese, G., King, T. MySQL & mSQL, O'Reilly. 1999.
• XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques. World Wide Web Journal. O'Reilly. Volume 2, Issue 4, Fall 1997.

Software for Download

• The JavaScript Source ~ javascript.internet.com
• The CGI Resource Index ~ www.cgi.resourceindex.com
• CGI-World ~ www.cgi-world.com

Examples

EDUCAUSE 2000 Presentation

• www.olemiss.edu/projects/educause2000/educause2000.ppt
• Webmaster's Examples

Videos

• "So you want a campus web application?"(31.3MB file)
• "Redesigning the campus web servers: A possible scenario."(27.5MB file)