Includes index.

Contents: Welcome to the kitchen: Why would I want to do this web thing? -- The Web as supernova -- Where did web come from -- How about those urals? -- Tableware and cutlery: The chef has to eat too -- The fast track to web access -- Getting internet access -- Just browsing, thanks -- The Media web: helper applications -- Digital paper and the web -- Through the kitchen doors: TCP/IP & SLIP/PPP -- Cooking lesson: On your mark, get set -- A case study: Web craft in real life -- Basic recipes -- Ingredients: A Quick look inside the pantry -- Page elements -- Block of text -- Headings -- Lists -- Links -- Menus -- Pictures -- Navigation buttons -- Pointers to other places (URLs) -- Setting color codes -- Universal problem solving -- Nutrition: Text -- Pictures -- Sounds -- Moving pictures -- Adding your own media -- Haute cuisine: Fill-in-blanks forms -- Scripts for forms -- Image-maps -- Tables -- Presentation: Page layout -- Page banners -- Graphic backgrounds and colored text -- Design case studies-putting it all together -- Recap -- International cuisine -- Modify your recipes for international palates -- Recipe: English for non-native readers -- Recipe: Graphics for global appeal -- Recipe: Multimedia for worldwide audiences -- Recipe: Testing for global context toward www -- Does this web page get its passport -- Recommended readings -- Ask the master chefs -- Complete meals: Structure =context =meaning -- What's in store -- Seven steps to structural happiness -- Guidelines for selecting cluster types -- Sample cluster structures -- Cordon bleu: What are you doing? -- Positioning of the vendors' tools -- Where's this headed? -- What's my role -- Resources for the web chef: The work tools shopping list -- References for the insatiable -- Using the CD-ROM -- What's on the CD-ROM.