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HTML
HTML
is the language of the web. Something like a
programming language, it is a collection of tags
that are added to a plain text file which provide
formatting and other information that is understood
by a web browser.
You
should be able to find information about HTML by
searching the Wed. Also, there are lots of HTML
books available.
A
number of additions have been proposed or added to
the original HTML standard, including DHTML and
XML.
CNET
reports that the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) is considering a cosubmission by Microsoft,
Macromedia and Compaq for HTML-TIME
(Hypertext Markup Language-timed interactive
multimedia extensions.) HTML-TIME would allow
synchronization between media and HTML documents;
for example the contents of a frame might change
when a video reaches a certain point in time. The
article notes that the recently adopted SMIL
(Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) only
allows for synchronization between media within a
SMIL document (though a SMIL document can contain
multiple regions.)
<www.news.com
article "W3C
mulls HTML-TIME">
Microsoft
has demonstrated the Extensible Markup Language
(XML) technologies it will add to Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5 and the Windows operating
system, including XML 1.0, XSL, XML DOM and XML
Namespaces. Microsoft will support the following
features in the next update to the Windows
operating system and its Internet Explorer browsing
software:
- Direct
viewing of XML. The Microsoft XML
implementation lets users view XML using XSL or
Cascading Style Sheets with their Web
browser.
- High-performance,
validating XML engine. The XML engine has
been enhanced and fully supports W3C XML 1.0 and
XML Namespaces.
- Extensible
Style Language (XSL) support. Based on the
latest W3C Working Draft, developers can apply
style sheets to XML data.
- XML
Schemas. Schemas define the rules of an XML
document, including element names and rich data
types, which elements can appear in combination,
and which attributes are available for each
element.
- Server-side
XML.
- XML
document object model (DOM). A standard
object application programming interface that
gives developers programmatic control of XML
document content, structure, formats and more.
The
next major release of Microsoft Office 2000,
elevates HTML to a companion file format and uses
XML to store additional document information. By
using XML in this way, Office 2000 users can save
documents as Web pages and then later return these
documents to their original Office state for
editing.
<www.microsoft.com
web page "XML">
GoLive
Systems, Inc., has released the $99 Personal
Edition of GoLive CyberStudio, its
Macintosh-based Web page layout tool.
GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition
Features:
- Visual
Layout and Design Control
- Site
Management
- HTML
Native File Format
- User-Defined
Options
A
thirty-day tryout version is available from the
GoLive Web site or on CD-ROM. GoLive CyberStudio
Personal Edition requires a Power Macintosh or 100%
compatible running MacOS 7.5.5 or later and a
minimum of 8 MB free RAM.
A
free competitive upgrade to GoLive CyberStudio
Personal Edition is available directly from GoLive
for owners of full versions of the following
products: Adobe PageMill, BBEdit, Claris Home Page,
Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Front Page,
NetObjects Fusion, and Symantec Visual Page. Owners
must provide GoLive with the competitive packages
by either mailing them directly to GoLive. Users
wishing to have a package shipped to them will need
to pay a fulfillment fee. Details are available on
the GoLive Web site (www.golive.com.)
Owners of CyberStudio Personal Edition can upgrade
to GoLive CyberStudio 3 Professional Edition for
$199.
GoLive's
Web Publishing System is intended for
managing web sites with multiple people editing the
content, though only a few might create the basic
layout of the site. It consist of three parts; an
SQL database and server, CyberStudio Publishing
Edition and GoLive Cyberwriter. The database/server
will run under Mac OS, Mac X, Win, WinNT, AIX,
Linux and Solaris. It can be used as the primary
server, or can work with other web
servers.
CyberStudio
Publishing Edition resembles the companies
CyberStudio product, but lacks the site maintenace
features of that product (the site is now
maintained by the database.) The site designer(s)
uses this tool to create the basic template for the
site; the basic page design. CyberStudio is
currently Mac only.
CyberWriter
is a browser-based (4.0 browser) editing system
which lets content authors add basic content pages
to a site (such as articles) but doesn't let them
change page layout. The CyberWriter is more than
just a form for entering information. It will list
other articles to aid in adding links from the
article you are adding, and list photos in the
database to add to the article. An overview list of
pieces you are editing lets you manage when the
story is supposed to be active, and change the
status of an article. In the demo a new "story" was
added to the database. The headline and first
paragraph of the story were placed on one web page,
while the article was published on another web
page. All this--along with the linking between the
two--was done automatically without any input from
the person who created the article. The database
can be published on the internet "live," or you can
publish a static version of the database at
specific points.
Both
the CyberWriter and CyberStudio looked very
polished (especially considering they aren't
supposed to go to beta for another month!) And with
a $999 expected price which covers everything but
limits the system to two concurrent editors (not
web visitors) it looks very interesting.
<www.golive.com>
last
updated: 11/25/98
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