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To: bcoffey; 185JHP; Mad Dawgg; Ward Smythe; SpookBrat; GoredInMich; WIMom; lds23; Barset...
ping!!!
8 posted on 03/23/2002 5:22:56 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins
Thanks for the ping, the months run together, so here's what I've read since the first of February:

1. The Indwelling Book seven in the "Left Behind" series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Interesting read, but nothing on which to base your end times philosophy. Even if you follow the scenario it's all a little too "easy."

2. The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg, Zondervan Publishers. Ortberg is a Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, so that may be a negative for many freepers. But he offers some practical advice for living out your Christian walk.

3. When Character Was King by Peggy Noonan. Noonan takes an intimate look at the life of Ronald Reagan. 5 FREEPS - Should be a must for every freeper. I still miss Ronald Reagan.

Currently Reading

If Two Shall Agree by Carroll Fergusen Hunt. The Story of Paul A. and Kay Rader, former General of the Salvation Army. Dr. Rader is now President of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Joseph Smith: The First Mormon by Donna Hill. Appears to be a pretty good historical read.

40 posted on 03/23/2002 6:14:27 PM PST by Ward Smythe
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To: xzins; Notwithstanding
On Two Wings : Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding
by Michael Novak

5 freeps

Did you ever want a real understnding as to how the balance of these two "wings" lifted the founders of our republic? THIS IS the book, IMHO.

46 posted on 03/24/2002 1:55:32 PM PST by KC Burke
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To: xzins
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating an HTML 4 Web Page, 3rd Edition

The link above actually takes you to a page describing the 5th Edition

By Paul Mcfedries.

I innocently agreed to put up a web page for our Sportsmen’s club knowing nothing of HTML. Luckily, I found this little gem at a discount/closeout store for three bucks and grabbed it. Referring constantly to this book I did get the page up. It wasn’t a work of coding art but it worked.

For the beginner (me) it’s very good. The style is conversational and lighthearted. Think HTML boot camp without all the yelling and screaming and pushups! Just kidding, MICHIGANDER! J The concepts are presented clearly and the examples, also available for copy/paste from the CD, are simple enough to be easily tried out and results seen. There’s even a selection of clip art and animated GIF’s to get you started with graphics.

Contents (for 3rd Edition)

Part 1 Creating Your First HTML Web Page

1 A Brief HTML Web Page Primer

2 The Basic Structure of a Web Page

3 Dressing up your page (formatting, special characters, etc.)

4 A Fistful of List Grist…

5 Adding Links

6 Working with Images

7 Publishing Your Page on the Web

Part 2 A Grab Bag of Web Page Wonders

8 Images can be links, too

9 Netscape and Internet Explorer HTML Estensions (a little dated now)

10 Adding Tables to Your Page

11 Making Your Web Pages Dance and Sing (animated gif’s, sound, video)

12 Create a Form

13 Fooling Around With Frames

14 Style Sheets

15 Java Applets & Java Scripts

16 HTML and IE 4.0

17 Elements of Web Page Style

18 Some HTML Resources on the Web (many now defunct URL’s)

19 Using Personal Web Server

 

Part 3 Painless Page Production: Easier Ways to Do the HTML Thing

20 Netscape Composer

21 Office 97 HTML Tools

22 All Aboard Front Page Express

23 Assorted Other Ways to Create HTML Documents

Appendices

A Glossary

B Browser Basics (for NS & IE)

C HTML Codes for Cool Characters

D Webmaster’s Toolkit

Last, but not least, the index is excellent! You know how sometimes you know what you want to do and you know you saw it SOMEWHERE in that darn book? Well, if you can come up with one or two words of your object you’ll likely find it in this index.

Five Freeps

 

50 posted on 03/26/2002 2:21:23 PM PST by pa_dweller
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