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Giordan on Graphics: Masking Unmasked

Masks, clipping paths, silhouettes and more. Follow the floating fish to learn how and when to use masks to improve your images and page layouts. By Dan Giordan. 981125

Conference Calendars

If you're thinking about getting away from it all, consider a working vacation at a trade-show or conference. Let our links be your travel guide. 981125

3D Animation Workshop: Texture Mapping Basics

We start a look at wrapping pictures around 3D models. By Robert Polevoi. 981124

Software Review: DHTMLLib 2.0

With Netscape and Explorer neck and neck, creating cross-platform DHTML is a must. Creating a cross-platform DHTML API is one way to avoid incompatibility headaches. Discover five DHTML APIs, including our own DOCJSLIB and the new DHTMLLib 2, that emulates IE4's DOM in Netscape! From the WebReference Update, by Andrew King. 981124

Animation Resources

Now's the time to add a GIF animation or two to your site. Start out by taking a cue from a tutorial in our resource list. Then check out a few of the animation tools. 981124

Doc JavaScript: Scrolling HTML Basics, Part I: Netscape version

Ever wonder how those cool news scrollers work? Wonder no more! In this column, the Doc shows you how to build a window that scrolls an external HTML file. Learn how to pause the scroller with a mouseover, position the scroller within your page, and avoid those pesky Netscape bugs. In future columns we'll create an Explorer version and then combine them together for a cross-browser scroller. By Dr. Yehuda Shiran. 981123

JavaScript Resources

Young Grasshopper, before you can become a true Master you must learn the Way of JavaScript. I give you these resource to draw upon. Learn them well. 981123

E-Commerce Watch: Three tiers for Internet Security!

Designers love them, developers love them, and your auditors will love them too. Three-tier client server architectures are just what the doctor ordered for e-commerce systems. By Mark Merkow. 981120

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Java Database Connectivity

JDBC provides a standard interface, supported by a large set of drivers, which you can use regardless of what database is being used in the backend. To conclude this tutorial on Web databases, we'll take a walk through JDBC technology and present an actual Java GUI (graphical user interface) that uses JDBC to connect to the datasource we installed for the CGI section. By Selena Sol. 981123

The DOM Dissected

DHTML requires a thorough understanding of the Document Object Model. Find out what it is, how to use it, and where it might be leading us. 981119