The New WWW FAQFrequently asked questions about the World Wide Web, including security, viruses, privacy, creating web sites, and more. By the longtime editor of the original WWW FAQ.What is a UseNet newsgroup- March 12, 2007 2007-03-12: UseNet (User's Network) is a collection of online forums, known as "newsgroups," that are automatically shared among many thousands of servers all around the Internet... UseNet newsgroups are older than the World Wide Web... Today website forums have largely replaced UseNet, and most newcomers have never used UseNet... Also, in the early days of UseNet, the idea of thousands or millions of users contacting a single server to fetch messages was impractical... However,...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/definitions/newsgroup.html How do I legally broadcast copyrighted music on the Internet- March 9, 2007 2007-03-09: OK, so sharing playlists on iTunes and Rhapsody isn't enough for you... Live365.Com is currently the best answer... You want to run your own Internet radio station on your own site, keep all the advertising revenue, and use your own code... Trouble is, it's very expensive and very difficult... Far be it from me to stand in your way...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/broadcastcopyrighted.html How come my home website is slow- March 8, 2007 2007-03-08: "Hey, how come downloads from my home-hosted website are so slow" ... You're hosting a website at home, possibly after reading my article how can I host my website at home... Cable and DSL providers know this... Home-based hosting is fun, but limited speed is only one of many many reasons why it usually isn't practical... Those who are determined to host downloads of large files at home should consider publishing them via BitTorrent...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/uploadslow.html How do I make my site accept index.shtml or index.php as a folder home page- March 6, 2007 2007-03-06: You have successfully configured your website to handle server side includes (.shtml or .shtm files), or perhaps PHP pages (.php files)... The key is to use Apache's DirectoryIndex option... We can use Apache's -t option to test the configuration file: usrsbinhttpd -t If you don't see the message Syntax OK, pay attention to the message you did receive and fix any errors... Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services These steps are...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/directoryindex.html How do I create a three-column CSS layout- March 2, 2007 2007-03-02: A three-column layout is a popular design because it allows space for navigation on the left, content in the middle, and advertising on the right... Of course we'll use CSS to create our layout... Variable-width, or flowing, layouts naturally grow and shrink with the size of the browser window... In this article, I'll show how to create all three types of three-column layouts: fixed width, variable width and mixed... Some of the CSS code you'll see here deals with centering the..http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/threecolumnlayout.html |