The Tripod Insider
I N S I D E R S P O N S O R
This company obviously has good taste.
Attention Elvis Fans! The release of "Live in Las Vegas" is around
the corner and Lycos Music celebrates the occasion by featuring a
free exclusive audio stream of the previously unreleased track "Polk
Salad Annie", two exclusive Elvis Presley photographs, and a contest
to win a trip to Graceland to see a Virtual Elvis Live Performance
and meet the original band members. All on Lycos Music.
THE INSIDER
News and gossip from the Guru
An intro about intros. Flash intros to be exact -- those ubiquitous
animated epics that are dressed to impress, but mostly function as
speed bumps on your quest for actual Web goodness. In the early days,
you had to make a sandwich and wait for the sucker to download and
play. Then designers showed a little mercy and added a "skip intro"
option. Now evolution has done its work and the "show intro" button
has made its debut. We're finally getting somewhere. Literally.
All ranting aside, the trick to successful site design is blending the
special effects and content together so your visitors will be wowed
WHILE they surf. For a glimpse at how two Tripod members are keeping
both plates spinning, check out Coffee?, Howie's virtual gallery of
poetry and photography, and The Dreaming City, a visionary Web address
populated with all manner of creative wonderment.
BUILDING TIPS AND TRICKS
Find the latest and greatest homepage-building tips and tools here!
They're out there right now. Stopping by your homepage unannounced
and then sneaking away without saying a word. Are you dying to find
out who's clicking where on your site? Let Webmonkey Mike help with
the detective work.
MEMBERSHIP QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Get the inside dirt on some of the questions most frequently fielded
by our dedicated membership department!
Q: Where can I get specific help with my HTML code?
A: Webmonkey's online tutorials are the best place to look for
answers to specific questions. They cover HTML, Java, JavaScript, CGI,
and lots more.
Webmonkey: Authoring - HTML Basics
Webmonkey: Programming - JAVA
Webmonkey: Programming - JavaScript
Webmonkey: Programming - Perl/CGI
SUPER MEMBER SITES OF THE WEEK
The Day the Movie Theater Stood Still! Paul screens Kansas classics.
All sports. All the time. Check with Rauzulu for the score and more.
Ready for a road trip? Ride with Scott to historic Gettysburg, PA.
Please send all comments, questions, and animated debate to:
Stephen Beaupre
Insider Guru
beaupre@tripod.com
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