A Macintosh-Based World Wide Web Starter Kit Featuring MacHTTP and Other Tools by version 1.0 (September 26, 1995) copyright © 1995 by Eric Lease Morgan and Apple Computer ________________________________ Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks - ii Acknowledgements ...................................................................................... i About and how to get this book ....................................................................... iii Distribution ................................................................................. iii Hardware and software used to create this book ...................................... iv Overview and demonstration page .................................................................... 1 Demonstrations ............................................................................. 2 Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks ......................................................... 3 See Also ..................................................................................... 4 Client/server model of computing ..................................................................... 7 Uniform resource locators (URLs) .................................................................... 9 Scheme ...................................................................................... 9 Examples ..................................................................... 10 "Common Syntax" ....................................................................... 10 Examples ..................................................................... 11 Path ......................................................................................... 11 FTP path statements ........................................................ 12 HTTP path statements ...................................................... 12 WAIS path statements ...................................................... 13 Gopher path statements ..................................................... 13 See Also ................................................................................... 14 Macintosh-based WWW Browsers .................................................................. 15 Summary .................................................................................. 16 America Online Web Browser .......................................................... 16 eWorld World Wide Web Browser ..................................................... 17 MacWeb ................................................................................... 18 The popup menu ............................................................ 18 Stylizing text ................................................................. 19 Unique features .............................................................. 19 Hostlist management ........................................................ 19 Summary ..................................................................... 20 NCSA Mosaic ............................................................................. 20 Custom Menu ................................................................ 20 Annotate ...................................................................... 20 Kiosk mode .................................................................. 21 Customizing the HTML .................................................... 21 Adding MIME type information ........................................... 21 Summary ..................................................................... 22 Netscape ................................................................................... 22 Licensing and cost .......................................................... 22 Speed ......................................................................... 23 Hotlist management ......................................................... 23 Security ....................................................................... 23 Usenet news ................................................................. 24 "Netscapisms" ............................................................... 24 Summary ..................................................................... 24 ________________________________ Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks - i TCP/Connect II ........................................................................... 25 Configuration ................................................................ 25 Cacheing ..................................................................... 25 Hotlists ....................................................................... 26 Helper Applications ......................................................... 26 Summary ..................................................................... 26 Hotlist and URL utilities .............................................................................. 27 Clay Basket ................................................................................ 28 Cyber Link ................................................................................ 29 CyberFinder ............................................................................... 30 Duke of URL .............................................................................. 31 GrabNet .................................................................................... 32 Hotlist Grabber ........................................................................... 32 Hotlist Sorter .............................................................................. 33 Hotlist2HTML ............................................................................ 34 Internet Site ................................................................................ 34 URLKey ................................................................................... 36 WWW Helper Applications ........................................................................... 37 See Also ................................................................................... 37 Acrobat Reader ............................................................................ 38 Drop Stuff w/Expander Enhancer ...................................................... 39 Fast Player ................................................................................. 39 Ghostscript (MacGS Viewer) ........................................................... 40 GIF Converter ............................................................................ 41 GraphicConverter ......................................................................... 42 JPEGView ................................................................................. 43 MacBinary II+ ............................................................................ 44 MacGzip ................................................................................... 45 Sound Machine ........................................................................... 45 SoundApp ................................................................................. 46 Sparkle ..................................................................................... 47 Stuffit Expander .......................................................................... 48 Tar for the Macintosh .................................................................... 49 Extending WWW Browsers with AppleEvents and AppleScript ................................ 51 See Also ................................................................................... 51 Flypaper ................................................................................... 52 Example #1 - Dear Santa ................................................... 52 Example #2 - Ask MacAlcuin .............................................. 53 Scripting WWW Browsers .............................................................. 54 Example #1, Sending AppleEvents from HyperCard ................... 54 Example #2, Sending AppleScript from HyperCard .................... 55 Possible Uses ................................................................ 56 WebRunner ................................................................................ 57 Writing ascpt Scripts ........................................................ 57 WebRunner Problem #1 .................................................... 58 WebRunner Problem #2 ................................................................ 58 Macintosh-based HTTP servers ...................................................................... 59 FTPd ....................................................................................... 59 httpd4Mac ................................................................................. 60 ________________________________ Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks - ii MacHTTP ................................................................................. 60 WebSTAR ................................................................................. 61 Bringing Up a MacHTTP Server .................................................................... 63 Initially Testing Your Server ............................................................ 63 Editing Your First HTML Document ................................................... 64 MacHTTP Can Handle the Load ........................................................ 64 See Also ................................................................................... 65 MacHTTP configuration .............................................................................. 67 Directives, the Meat of machttp.conf