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CGI programming is the hottest stuff to look out for in this book

This is the original CGI 1.0 specification.
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<B>UnCGI Version 1.3</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.hyperion.com/~koreth/uncgi.html">http://www.hyperion.com/~koreth/uncgi.html</A>
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This is <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="MCPdigital">uncgi</FONT>, a front end
for processing queries and forms from the Web on UNIX systems.
You can get it via anonymous FTP from <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="MCPdigital">ftp.hyperion.com</FONT>
or depending on your browser, by following this link. Without
this program, if you wanted to process a form, you'd have to either
write or dig up routines to translate the values of the form's
fields from URL encoding to whatever your program required.
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<B>Web Construction</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.zip.com.au/~dwight/webconst.htm">http://www.zip.com.au/~dwight/webconst.htm</A>
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Mini-library of tools and information for constructing Web pages.
It was produced as the site administrator put together the Australian
Society of Indexers Web site.
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<B>A Simple CGI E-Mail Handler</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.boutell.com/email/">http://www.boutell.com/email/</A>
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A program to handle forms that need to e-mail people. Very simple
and configurable.
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<B>ABC Tutorial on CGI</B>
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<A HREF="http://lpage.com/cgiexample.html">http://lpage.com/cgiexample.html</A>
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This is a link to a page containing CGI examples, code, and tutorials.
These examples use WinCGI. Particularly known for its guestbook.
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<B>Ada 95 Binding to CGI</B>
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<A HREF="http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/swcomps/cgi/cgi.html">http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/swcomps/cgi/cgi.html</A>
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Interface to CGI interface for Ada 95 programs.
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<B>Amiga CGI Documentation</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.phone.net/amiga-docs/">http://www.phone.net/amiga-docs/</A>
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Contains documentation about and links to resources related to
CGI programming on the Amiga.
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<B>AppleScript/Frontier CGI Tour</B>
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<A HREF="http://cy-mac.welc.cam.ac.uk/cgi.html">http://cy-mac.welc.cam.ac.uk/cgi.html</A>
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Tour through some Frontier and AppleScript CGIs dealing with simple
image maps, redirection, client-pull, server-push, dynamic page
generation, and form processing.
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<B>Building HTML-Based Interfaces</B>
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<A HREF="http://blackcat.brynmawr.edu/~nswoboda/prog-html.html">http://blackcat.brynmawr.edu/~nswoboda/prog-html.html</A>
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This document describes how to build graphical, form-based interfaces
for end-user programs using HTML. The tutorial includes examples
in C, C++, Perl, and Pascal.
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<B>C++ Class Library (Version 2.1)</B>
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<A HREF="http://sweetbay.will.uiuc.edu/cgi++">http://sweetbay.will.uiuc.edu/cgi++</A>
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This is a new version that incorporates some changes suggested
by the people who gave feedback. It contains everything needed
to process HTML forms.
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<B>cgi-bbcurn</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.stuff.com/~bcutter/home/programs/bbcurn/bbcurn.html">http://www.stuff.com/~bcutter/home/programs/bbcurn/bbcurn.html</A>
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Simulate URNs with a HTTP/1.0 redirect.
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<B>cgi-lib.pl</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/cgi-lib/">http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/cgi-lib/</A>
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A library for creating Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts
in the Perl language.
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<B>cgiutils Manual Page</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/User/CGI/cgiutils.html">http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/User/CGI/cgiutils.html</A>
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The cgiutils program is provided to make it easier to easily produce
a full HTTP1 response header by NPH [No-Parse-Headers] scripts.
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<B>Cookbook of Canned CGIs</B>
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<A HREF="http://www59.metronet.com/cgi/">http://www59.metronet.com/cgi/</A>
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Generic CGI programs written in Perl that you can use on your
own site: mailto, imagemaps, server-push animations, and redirections.
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<B>Email.cgi</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/email-cgi.html">http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/email-cgi.html</A>
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A CGI script to be used on MacHTTP servers for the purposes of
sending e-mail from WWW browsers that are not mailto-capable.
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<B>Felipe's AppleScript CGIs Examples</B>
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<A HREF="http://edb518ea.edb.utexas.edu/scripts/cgix/cgix.html">http://edb518ea.edb.utexas.edu/scripts/cgix/cgix.html</A>
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A collection of AppleScript CGIs, tutorials on writing CGI in
AppleScript, and links to other pages containing info on CGI programming
in AppleScript, and CGI on the Apple in general.
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<B>Forms in Perl</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~mengwong/forms/">http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~mengwong/forms/</A>
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Some Perl scripts relevant to the handling of CGI forms.
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<B>Getcomments</B>
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<A HREF="http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hoagland/getcomments/">http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hoagland/getcomments/</A>
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Getcomments is a Perl CGI script that can take forms and do one
of three things with it: It can e-mail the contents to someone,
append the contents to a log, or display the variables back to
the user.
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<B>Hack Chat</B>
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<A HREF="http://alamak.speakeasy.org/hackchat.html">http://alamak.speakeasy.org/hackchat.html</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Easy to install, Hack Chat supports auto-refresh and multiple
rooms and uses the latest features of  Netscape 2.0 (frames and
JavaScript).
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<B>HyperCard Server</B>
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<A HREF="http://128.122.169.13/">http://128.122.169.13/</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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An experimental server at New York University running MacHTTP
and using HyperCard to generate interesting CGI scripts.
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<B>Language Interactive</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.fln.vcu.edu/cgi/interact.html">http://www.fln.vcu.edu/cgi/interact.html</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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An introduction for language and humanities teachers to the ins
and outs of creating dynamic Web pages, especially Web forms and
CGI scripting.
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<B>List of CGIs (Dave Ellis)</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.cyserv.com/pttong/cgi.html">http://www.cyserv.com/pttong/cgi.html</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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For all levels of programmers, this page provides links to online
lessons, other pages of CGIs, and FTP sites, as well as programs
and information about them.
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<B>Map THIS!</B>
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<A HREF="http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/tc/mt/">http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/tc/mt/</A>
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Freeware Windows program designed to create, edit, and maintain
World Wide Web clickable image maps.
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<B>Matt's Editor CGI</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.goshen.edu/~mattdm/edithtml/">http://www.goshen.edu/~mattdm/edithtml/</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Free Perl scripts to let users edit Web pages from within their
browsers rather than from UNIX accounts.
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<B>Netscape HTTP Cookie Notes</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.illuminatus.com/cookie">http://www.illuminatus.com/cookie</A>
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Helpful tips and code on setting HTTP magic cookies with code
in MacPerl and AppleScript. Special notes about Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
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<B>Processing of CGI Arguments Under Tcl</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.lbl.gov/~clarsen/projects/htcl/http-proc-args.html">http://www.lbl.gov/~clarsen/projects/htcl/http-proc-args.html</A>
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Contains information on how to handle <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="MCPdigital">GET</FONT>
requests using Tcl.
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<B>RedMan-Redirection Manager</B>
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<A HREF="http://sw.cse.bris.ac.uk/WebTools/redman.html">http://sw.cse.bris.ac.uk/WebTools/redman.html</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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A redirection manager for ncSA-style servers. Allows sysadmins
to declare system-wide redirection and users to declare redirections
without sysadmin intervention.
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<B>ROFM-a FileMaker Pro CGI</B>
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<A HREF="http://rowen.astro.washington.edu/">http://rowen.astro.washington.edu/</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Serve FileMaker Pro databases on the World Wide Web from your
Macintosh.
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<B>Serge's Sources</B>
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<A HREF="http://serg.gs.pssr.e-burg.su/docs/src/">http://serg.gs.pssr.e-burg.su/docs/src/</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Sources of sample CGI programs in C++.
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<B>Sethro's Simple Scripts</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.catch22.com/~sethro/scripts.htm">http://www.catch22.com/~sethro/scripts.htm</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Easy step-by-step scripts designed for non-programmers. Scripts
include form return, a guestbook, and a post-it.
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<B>Shareware CGI</B>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF="http://128.172.69.106:8080/cgi-bin/cgis.html">http://128.172.69.106:8080/cgi-bin/cgis.html</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Contains several CGIs including a guestbook, an add-your-own-link
page, and a post form to file CGI.
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<B>Tcl-Based CGI Forms</B>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/ivler/email.tcl">ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/iv/ivler/email.tcl</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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This page contains a Tcl-based CGI that allows for forms to be
processed to e-mail.
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<B>Virtual Webwerx Division Zero-CGI Land</B>
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<A HREF="http://www.novia.net/~geewhiz/">http://www.novia.net/~geewhiz/</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Includes Stat Trax, a free and easy way to keep statistics of
all your Web pages.
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<B>Web Developers Warehouse</B>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF="http://www.aee.com/wdw">http://www.aee.com/wdw</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Build CGI apps for a Web site using C++.
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<B>Windows CGI 1.1 Description</B>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF="http://www.city.net/win-httpd/httpddoc/wincgi.htm">http://www.city.net/win-httpd/httpddoc/wincgi.htm</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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This is a link to the Windows CGI 1.1 specification.
<H2><A NAME="OtherOnlineResources"><FONT SIZE=5 COLOR=#FF0000>Other
Online Resources</FONT></A></H2>
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The only other non-HTTP based online resource I have found to
be useful and available to people with accounts on either AOL,
CompuServe, or MSN is the Usenet group <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="MCPdigital">comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi</FONT>.
A mailing list for CGI programming does exist, but traffic on
it was nonexistent for the six months I was a member.
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There is currently no existing centralized FTP site for CGI resources.
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The resources available on AOL, CompuServe, and MSN are easily
found and centralized, so there is no reason to list them here.
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