| PhatSpliff 2007-02-22, 6:17 pm |
| On Feb 22, 11:38 am, "Heidi" <blackc...@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote:
> alt.www.webmasterFAQ
> Last revised: June 3, 2006
> The current version is located at:
> http://www.aww-faq.org
>
> Welcome to alt.www.webmaster(AWW). Thank you for
> taking the time to read this information. This FAQ
> is not meant to be a set of rules. It is simply
> a guide to help new users become acquainted with
> how the group operates, some useful information,
> and some of our favorite links. All the suggestions
> in the section titled "Posting Messages in AWW" are
> based on the assumption that people are willing to
> cooperate and observe some conventions in order to
> facilitate the smooth operation of the group. We
> hope you will find the newsgroup and this FAQ to be
> useful resources and we welcome your participation.
>
> Ads are not welcome in AWW, whether on-topic or not.
> In fact, they are so unwelcome that they are usually
> reported to the poster's ISP and web host, etc. by
> some newsgroup members who really don't like ads.
> Read the "Advertising in AWW" section for a definition
> of what we consider unsolicited commercial advertising
> and likely to get you reported, and what types of web
> site promotion are considered appropriate. If all you
> want to do is post ads, go to alt.www.webmaster.ads
> (AWWA) or some other newsgroup that has a more
> ad-tolerant attitude. Please read the FAQ for AWWA athttp://awwa.aww-faq.=
org/ before you post an ad there.
>
> ** Table of Contents **
>
> Purpose of the Newsgroup
> Recommended Links
> Frequently Asked Questions
> Tips on Dealing With Clients
> Overview of AWW
> Posting Messages in AWW
> Advertising in AWW
> Trolls
> Warez and Cracks
> AWW Notes for Noviceshttp://www.aww-faq.org/nonindex.htm
>
> ** Purpose of the Newsgroup **
>
> The members of AWW like to discuss Web site setup
> and configuration, web hosts and hosting packages,
> web hosting tools and operating strategies, and
> promotional campaigns and methods.
>
> ** Recommended Links **
>
> Our recommended links are located at:http://www.aww-faq.org/aww-links.htm=
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>
> ** Frequently Asked Questions **
>
> Q. Can I protect my source code, meta-tags, and other
> easily viewable code from people being able to see it?
> A. In a word, no. There are right click scripts and
> JavaScript encoding that some use, but they don't
> really work. They'll only stop the most basic of users,
> anyone who shuts off JavaScript will still get at your
> code. If you still want to try, you can find some
> different methods here:http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/
> andhttp://allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Hide_source
>
> Q. Can I automatically get e-mail addresses from my
> visitors?
> A. That would be unethical. But even if it wasn't,
> it's not really possible.
> The only items you really have access to are the
> environment variables passed by the browser and the
> IP address of the user. Environment variables may
> contain the e-mail address in some browsers if the
> user entered their true e-mail address, but that's
> rare. The vast majority of your visitors will not
> have their e-mail address available if you query the
> environment variables. IP addresses cannot be mapped
> to an e-mail and neither can hostnames in 99% of
> the cases.
>
> Q. What is favicon and how can I use it?
> A. The following two pages answer this very well:http://www.webdevelopers=
journal.com/articles/favicon.htmlhttp://www.favicon.com/
>
> Q. How do I password protect my pages?
> A. The easiest form of password protection is
> JavaScript-based: write a script wherein the
> user has to enter a password to complete it
> and be redirected to the desired location.
> This is also the easiest-to-circumvent: as with
> all client-side work, the user can easily discover
> the password simply by using the "view source"
> option on their browser. A slightly more difficult,
> but much more secure, method of JavaScript-protection
> is to prompt the user for a password that is
> automatically added to the URL of your original page,
> that allows them to access the password-protected page.
> Unfortunately, neither method will work if JavaScript
> is disabled.
> If you use [Apache], you can use .htaccess
> and .htpassword, the most effective form of password
> protection.
>
> Q. How can I stop someone from hot-linking to my images?
> A .You can use .htaccess if you are using mod_rewrite.
> Add the following to .htaccess:
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com/.*$ [NC]
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com/.*$[NC]
> RewriteRule .*\.gif$ - [F]
>
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com/.*$ [NC]
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com/.*$[NC]
> RewriteRule .*\.jpg$ - [F]
>
> Please note that this sort of protection is very weak.
> Hotlinking will still work if the linking site is on
> an SSL-encrypted page, because all clients clear the
> referer when an HTTP page is called from an HTTPS one.
> Also, clients can use simple personal proxies that
> transparently rewrite referers to match your rules, in
> order to bypass all these filters. An example is Hotlinker
> (www.hotlinker.net). These tricks are already widely used
> for porn sites. The best way to go is to use cookies (like
> PHP sessions) or cryptography.
>
> Q. How do I change the color of the user's scrollbar?
> A. The declaration used in CSS for colored scroll bars is:
> <style type=3D"text/css">
> body {
> scrollbar-arrow-color: cyan;
> scrollbar-base-color: blue;
> scrollbar-dark-shadow-color: blue;
> scrollbar-3dlight-color:white;
> scrollbar-face-color: #b0c4de;
> scrollbar-highlight-color: blue;
> scrollbar-shadow-color: blue;
> scrollbar-darkshadow-color: purple;}
>
> </style>
>
> Change color as desired. Only works in IE5.5+.
>
> Professionals consider it unethical to change any
> settings the user has made. That includes changing
> the scrollbar's color, stopping right-click,
> forcing them to open windows they don't want,
> writing to their disk, forcing your site into
> Favorites, and editing anything else the user has set.
> You don't need to do these things, and they generally
> detract from the impact and credibility of your site.
>
> Q. How do I make a file available for someone
> to download?
> A. <a href=3D"FileToDownload.EXE">Download</a>
> If the user has the application associated with
> the file type installed, and the browser is aware
> of it, then the document will open in the browser.
> If the browser doesn't recognize the file type,
> then the user will be prompted to download the
> document. If you always want the document to be
> downloaded, then make it a zip file.
>
> Q. How can I stop someone from downloading my images?
> A. The short answer is, you can't. There are a number
> of protection schemes that purport to stop this but
> the truth is that they can all be circumvented. The
> very fact that your images display on your visitor's
> machine means they have already been downloaded.
>
> Q. Which is better, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer,
> or (insert your favorite browser) ?
> A. There is no browser that is better than another,
> just different features and bugs. You'll see people
> claim IE is better because it's not as picky about
> having proper HTML and you'll see people claiming
> other browsers are better because they force you to
> write proper code. Remember, there are many browsers
> out there -- seehttp://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/.
> You must make sure your website looks acceptable in
> most major browsers, by writing your markup according
> to standards -- seehttp://www.w3.org/TR/html4/ for details.
>
> Q. How can I test my page for WebTV/MSN TV?
> A. MSN TV has a special viewer that you can download
> and see exactly what your page looks like in WebTV.
> You can get it here:http://developer.msntv.com/Tools/WebTVVwr.asp
>
> Q. I'm looking for an on-line analyzing service that
> will check each individual visitor's path through a
> site in detail; e.g. entry page (with time stamp),
> navigation, duration at each page, exit page, etc.
> A. There is no reliable way to track a visitor's path
> through a web site with absolute certainty or accuracy.
> One can extract some useful information about trends
> of site usage by examining logs, and raw figures can
> be useful for PR. However, it is always important to
> remember that the information is inevitably neither
> complete nor accurate. Log analyzers can only produce
> an approximation or "best guess" due to many factors.
>
> Q. Can I make money through advertising and affiliate
> programs?
> A. There are a lot of factors that go into making money
> through advertising. One of the most important
> considerations is to have advertising that complements
> the content of your site.
>
> Q. How do I copyright my site?
> A. Your site is protected by copyright law when it is created.
> For more information on US copyright law, see:http://www.loc.gov/copyrigh=
t/faq.html.
> For more information on UK copyright law, see:http://www.patent.gov.uk/co=
py/index.htm.
> For more information on Australian copyright law, see:
> Copyright in Australia. A Short Guide.http://tinyurl.com/8oq46
> For more information on Canadian copyright law, see:http://www.cb-cda.gc.=
ca/info/act-e.html
>
> Copyright laws in other countries may differ.
>
> Q. What is the best software for automated submission
> to search engines?
> A. There are only about 10 search engines that are worth
> the effort to get listed in. Manual submission is best.
>
> Q. How can I find out what my domain name is worth?
> A. There are several appraisal services that attempt
> to put a value on domain names. The values they assign
> mean nothing. Ultimately a domain is only worth what
> someone is willing to pay for it.
>
> Q. I want to register a domain name that has expired.
> Why hasn't the registrar released it?
> A. Because they are holding expired domains and
> releasing them when they feel like it. Some names
> never get released. Yes it's wrong, but they are going
> to keep doing it until someone stops them.
>
> Q. I have multiple physical disabilities and I would
> like to do web design and testing. How do I get started?
> A. A physically disabled designer may need some special
> tools to get the job done, but ...
>
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