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Web Page Interactivity
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You have probably experienced interactivity on web pages many times – moving the mouse to cause a new image to appear, clicking on radio buttons to take a survey, or clicking on a product while you watch and listen to a Flash movie about a company. These are all examples of web page interactivity.

Adding the right touch of interactivity to a web page can make it engaging and compelling for your web site visitors.

Technologies commonly used to add interactivity to web pages include JavaScript, Java applets, DHTML, CGI and server-side processing, and Flash. This chapter will introduce you to adding interactive components to web pages.
Chapter Interactivity Examples
Changes to Internet Explorer (IE6v.02)

Due to a lawsuit, Microsoft is changing the way that certain content, such as applets and ActiveX Objects (such as Flash files, Quicktime movies, or streaming medai), is displayed when using Internet Explorer. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/ieupdate/ or visit SitePoint for an overview of the issue. Visit Macromedia, Apple, and Real Networks for solutions and code samples for adapting to this new "feature".

Web Page Interactivity
Chapter Links & Additional Resources
The sections below contain links that can get you started as you explore these technologies. Don't get discouraged if you are not an expert at these immediately. Each of these topics can take multiple books and courses to master.
JavaScript Links

Page Resource Tutorials
JavaScript Source

Java Applet Links
DHTML Links
Flash Links

Navigation Example
Audio Navigation Example
Splash Screen
Flash Web Site Example 1
Flash Web Site Example 2

Nielsen's Original Take on Flash

CGI Links
Other Server-Side Technologies
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  Chapter 2
    XHTML Basics


  Chapter 3 
   
XHTML Hyperlinks
    XHTML Tables

  Chapter 4 
    XHTML Color  &
    Visual Elements

  Chapter 5
   XHTML Frames   

  Chapter 6 
    XHTML Forms

  Chapter 7 
    Web Site Design

  Chapter 8 
    Web Site
    Development

  Chapter 9
    Introduction to 
    Cascading Style
    Sheets

  Chapter 10
    Web Media

  Chapter 11
    Promotion for 
    Web Developers

  Chapter 12 
    Introduction to Web
    Page Interactivity

  Chapter 13 
    E-Commerce

  Color Chart

  FrontPage

  Dreamweaver

Bonus Chapters:
     Networking
     Security

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