Resource Guide

The resources listed in this appendix fall into two broad categories, software and documentation of various types. The majority are available on the Web, many of these at no charge, but some on payment of a fee. Where resources are not available on the Web, the appropriate email addresses, telephone numbers or postal addresses are given.

Because a document or software is available at no charge, do not automatically assume it is in the public domain. Various types of copyright may apply, with correspondingly varying implications for the permitted use of the material. Copyright on free software is often there to ensure that the software remains free, and is not exploited commercially without the authors' consent. If you have a particular purpose in mind, it is advisable to make sure that you thoroughly understand any copyright or licence conditions that apply.

The guide is, of necessity, restricted in scope. It concentrates on HTML and server-related software, but also includes pointers to meta indexes. There are many other books and sites detailing the general information published on the Web, and some of the more useful ones are listed here.

While care has been taken in compiling this guide to ensure that the URLs given are correct at the time of writing, it must be stressed that URLs can and do change, and there can be no guarantee that they will remain correct. I have tried to avoid including URLs with version numbers, since these are likely to change more rapidly than URLs without them. Some sites provide the latest releases in files without version numbers or as links to versioned files, which helps to ensure that URLs remain valid.

When unpacking an archive file, first of all list the contents of the archive to check where the extracted files will be placed. It is annoying to extract the contents of an archive and find the files have been placed in your current directory, possibly overwriting existing files with the same name (such as README). If you don't want to bother with this step then I recommend you create a temporary directory and extract the archive contents there.

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[ITCP] Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
© 1995 International Thomson Publishing
© 2002 Andrew Ford and Ford & Mason Ltd
Note: this HTML document was generated in December 1994 directly from the LaTeX source files using LaTeX2HTML. It was formatted into our standard page layout using the Template Toolkit. The document is mainly of historical interest as obviously many of the sites mentioned have long since disappeared.