Web Documentation and Tools

HTML and CGI Documentation

• A Beginner's Guide to HTML
• OneWorld/SingNet WWW & HTML Developer's JumpStation
• A list of special characters
• Another list of special characters
• Icons directory
• LaTex2HTML manual (local copy)

Forms and CGI Documentation

• CGI Form Handling in Perl
• Mosaic Fill-Out Form Support
• NCSA: CGI Overview
• GET and POST methods for forms.
• CERN's CGI overview
• Milvangs CGI intro

NOTE: If you have troubles running CGI/Perl scripts, look at the error log file (on mira) with

	tail -99 /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/error_log

Media tools

• Instructions on how to make MPEG movies.
  • NOTE: carina has a license for the "moviemaster" MPEG generator.
• The AO Visualization Club home page
• Minnesota GVL Media Tools

Explorer

• Explorer Center
• Explorer Tutorial Guide
• Explorer User Guide, in particular:
  • Chapter 7: DataScribe
• Module Builders Guide, in particular:
  • Chapter 3: Using the Lattice Data Type

Inventor and VRML

• Inventor and VRML hints

Example sites

• NCSA: Relativity Group Exhibits
• NCSA: Spacetime Wrinkles Map
• UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory
• AHPCRC Research Projects
• LLNL Visualization Images and Movie Clips

Last updated 04-aug-96 / aake@astro.ku.dk