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WebDev is the name of a newsgroup available via Glendale Community College's Gecko - The Student Server, a forum for discussion among those interested in web development at GCC. Since not everyone accesses the WebDev newsgroup (at news://student.gc.maricopa.edu/webdev), WebDev Digest is an attempt to share similar topics among the possibly wider audience of the GCC Web. This site will include a few posts copied directly from the newsgroup, among links to other resources.

Contributions are welcome from anyone at GCC who finds this resource and wants to add some information, or else ask a question. Direct mail to Bobby Sample at bobby.sample@gcmail.maricopa.edu (or better yet, join the newsgroup if you have a GCC Palette account). This site is, at best, always under construction.

• Web Design Techniques and Tricks
  1. How do I make the latest revision date appear automatically?
     1a. How do I change the format of the last revision date?
  2. How do I make a button or image change when the mouse passes over it?
  3. How do I make my home computer into an FTP or web server?
  4. Is a hit counter utility available on Gecko or Glory?
  5. How can I make MIDI files on my GCC web site play automatically?
  6. How can I make the most of a Java applet that works only for Windows users?
  7. Can I make a web page form that delivers the input to my e-mail?
  8. Can I link to specific dates, categories, and/or events on the GCC Calendar web site?
  9. How can I make my links open new windows in custom sizes (e.g. to show photos)?

• GCC Web Organization and Content
  1. What are the GCC academic department Web Facilitators?
  2. Why the new GCC home page design?