build and maintain a high-quality web site. Expanded and updated from the original edition, this book incorporates all of the latest tools--CGI, HTML 3.2, Java, JavaScript, VRML, and Perl 5--as well as offering coverage of web servers for the UNIX, Macintosh, and Windows NT environments. New to this edition, the accompanying CD-ROM is packed with valuable tools-CGI and Perl 5 Script libraries, WWW servers, HTML editors and syntax checkers, image manipulation tools, log file analysis utilities, CGI scripts, and loads of Java applets. Featuring step-by-step explanations and experience-based guidance, the book follows every stage of the process of creating a web page, including: *A lucid description of the Web and how it all works *Finding, compiling, installing, and configuring the appropriate web server software, with detailed looks at Apache, WebSite, and WebSTAR *Understanding the ins and outs of HTTP, including such new features as cookies, proxies, and virtual hosts *Creating hypertext documents with HTML 3.2 *Working with multimedia and VRML *Using CGI and Perl 5 to create server scripts that run such features as searchable indexes, fill-out forms, clickable maps, and gateways