Sample of a Good E-Mail Newsletter Subject: This Week in Web Review: From Darkroom to Desktop Greetings Web Review Readers! I've long believed that when we combine creativity with technical skills, our Web work really has the opportunity to shine. In our lead piece, "From Darkroom to Desktop," Derrick Story describes the photographic process. Story shows us how what happens in the darkroom impacts our digital work, too. Steve McCannell's "Secrets of SMIL Revealed" discusses delivery protocols for SMIL, and teaches us how to embed SMIL into our Web pages. A perfect blend of code and media, design and technology. Looking for a flexible and powerful text editor? David Mertz suggests you try FTE, a "folding" text editor that's great for HTML, Perl--even Java coding. Don't know what folding is? Mertz explains. Andy Oram offers food for thought about the ways communities are challenged with technology in education. Oram departs a bit from his impeccably detailed style, serving up a lighter but still informative read. In his Tag of the Week column, Chuck Musciano points out that XHTML is migrating us from the use of the "name" attribute to that of "id." Why is this important? Musciano not only explains, but also shows us how to effectively incorporate both attributes in our documents. Round it all off with a droll entry from Mike Swaine on distributed computing, and you've got a Web Review that truly achieves its tagline ideal: "Cross-Training for Web Teams." I'm sitting in the stands this time, enjoying the game. Come on over and join me, won't you? -- Molly Molly E. Holzschlag Executive Editor, Web Review Molly@webreview.com =======================================================advertisement= Sponsored by Immersion Corporation, the leader in haptic interface technology. NextSense: a new frontier in user interaction, August 25, 2000, San Francisco, CA. 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Feature: FTE: Folding Text Editor http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/14/feature/index03.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt It slices, it dices, it even folds your code nice and neat. Platform Independent: Computer Reason and Human Power http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/14/platform/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt Is your community unable to effectively engage technology education? One community leader spoke to a therapist (of sorts) to gain some insight. Find out if reason prevailed, or chaos ruled the day. =======================================================advertisement= Sponsored by VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company ============================================================ Protect your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Get VeriSign's FREE guide, "Securing Your Web Site for Business." You will learn everything you need to know about using SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions for serious online security. Click here! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n016002870008000 ===================================================================== Tag of the Week: XHTML: A Rose by Any Other ID http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/14/tag/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt Roses are red, violets are blue and XHTML could never smell as sweet. Well, it could, but you'd have to use the proper syntax. Swaine's Frames: How Distributed Computing Will Save the World http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/14/swaine/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt Two important men are sitting around the Oval Office with nothing to talk about but distributed computing. One says to the other, "Don't go wishy-washy on me, Al. After all, you did invent the Internet." So what did the other one say? Web Review Poll: How Do You Obtain the Photos on Your Web Site? http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/14/poll/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt Photographic images can play a large role in a Web site's look and feel. Do you use photography on your sites, and if so, how do you get your photographic material? Broken By Design: Nurturing the Young http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/14/broken/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt ------------------------- Previously in Web Review: The Blogging Revolution http://webreview.com/pub/2000/07/07/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt What happened to the grass-roots Web that we, the people, once knew and loved? Someone paved it and put up a mall. But a revolution is taking place, and it's called blogging. Biz Stone, an avid blogger, shares all about the creative, technically powerful, and people-oriented blogging phenomenon. [07/07/2000] Inspiring Design http://webreview.com/pub/2000/06/30/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt You've got the latest Web development books. You've read every issue of Web Review. You're technically prepared to design a masterpiece. But you're stuck in a creativity rut. What do you do? Artist Joe Forkan offers helpful ideas to conjure up the Web design muse. [06/30/2000] Taming the XML Beast http://webreview.com/pub/2000/06/23/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt If you're trying to approach XML, but find that it seems a little feral, fear not! Bonnie SooHoo offers this two-part series that will help you not only tame the XML beast, but write XML documents that purr. [06/23/2000] Introducing Dreamweaver UltraDev http://webreview.com/pub/2000/06/16/index.html?wwwrrr_20000714.txt Imagining an integrated design and Web application tool? Visualize no further! Dreamweaver UltraDev is here, and may just make your Web development fantasies come true. [06/16/2000] -------------------------------------------- Great Jobs at Web Review and Web Techniques: Technical Editor http://www.webtechniques.com/jobs/00001.shtml Want to be responsible for researching and identifying the latest and most relevant Internet technologies? 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