The basics are covered in
articles, tutorials, resources, a discussion group, and how to use
Shockwave with DHTML.
Microsoft and Netscape have different definitions of Dynamic HTML,
and creating such pages can be challenging. This site describes
those differences, and techniques you can use
to get your content to display successfully.
Further, there are resources to help add Dynamic HTML to a website.
A listing of other resources which include reference guides, more
articles, demos, tutorials, and information on Netscape Communicator
4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.O is also provided.
Today, Shockwave participates as a full-fledged
element of Dynamic HTML, and runs across
older and newer browsers seamlessly.
If you are interested in incorporating DHTML and Shockwave together,
there is an entire section devoted to accomplishing this.
It's all in their Shockwave with DHTML area.
Provides the web developer with comprehensive coverage on Internet
Explorer 4.0's Dynamic HTML. Scott Isaacs plans to achieve this mission
by providing demonstrations and tutorials on creating very interactive,
low-bandwidth web pages.
".. the largest index of Dynamic HTML links. Please use the questions
below to browse the site. Dynamic HTML is very new to the Internet and
will definitely become a major technology in the coming months.
The Dynamic HTML Index will
continue to grow as Dynamic HTML becomes more mainstream."
They also have a
list
of books that will be helpful in your quest to learn DHTML.
They have also included other books that Webmasters will find useful.
W3C has received several submissions from members
companies on the way in which the object model of HTML documents should
be exposed to scripts.
These submissions do not propose any new HTML tags or style sheet
technology. The W3C DOM WG is working hard to make sure interoperable
and scripting-language neutral solutions are agreed upon.
Web authors today face significant challenges when making their Web
pages interactive. The static nature of HTML pages limits their
creative choices, and interactive components can be difficult to build.
In addition, using proprietary extensions means authoring
browser-specific Web pages.
Microsoft's Dynamic HTML technology, which was introduced in the
Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview release, removes these barriers
for content providers. Dynamic HTML gives authors creative control so
they can manipulate any page element and change styles, positioning,
and content at any time -- not only when the page is loaded. Microsoft
is working with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to help ensure
cross-platform, cross-browser support for Dynamic HTML.
This book describes how to use Dynamic HTML to incorporate style sheets,
positioned content, and downloadable fonts in your web pages.
Netscape has made Dynamic HTML available on all Communicator platforms
(Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and NT, Macintosh, and Unix). All Dynamic
HTML technologies were developed in conjunction with the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) and other applicable standards bodies, and are
fully compatible with all existing W3C recommendations.
HTML, CSS1, and JavaScript are approved or recommended standards;
HTML positioning and layering is a W3C working draft; and the HTML
object model and dynamic fonts are being developed in conjunction with
the W3C. Netscape's Dynamic HTML does not
contain any proprietary or platform-specific languages or controls.
Layers are a brand new concept of HTML introduced with
Netscape Communicator. Layers allow you to position elements
(text, images etc.) using a coordinate system.
JavaScript 1.2 can be used to make some very compelling
presentations by hiding and showing different layers, and moving them
around the screen for animations. This tutorial will concentrate
on how to make such animations.
Project Cool's Developer Zone covers writing MS-Dynamic HTML. Topics
included are CSS in 5 minutes, Dynamic FX in 5
minutes, The Class System, Division of Labor, Making the Earth Move,
Hide and Zeek, Abolish Redundancy, Spanning the Web, Expanding Your Mind,
Coffee Filters, Moving the Heavens, and The Right Alignment.
This
TechNote explains how to define CSS1 rules from JavaScript in a way
that will work on both Navigator 4.0 and Internet
Explorer 4.0. It also provides a tool that automatically generates
JavaScript code that defines CSS1 rules and runs on
both browsers.
