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Cookies enable you to write text directly to a users computer. This can be used to easily recognize if a user has been to your site before or used to prevent multiple entries in to forms. This example will take any input you type in and write it to a cookie. A hyperlink to the same page is created to demonstrate on subsequent visits (within 3 days) the user will see their input rather then the text input box.

A cookie is a way you can store some information about a user visiting your site. The information is stored on the individuals computer, and thus you do not need any extra server space to customize a page for any amount of users you may have. To use Cookies there are two things you need to do, one is set the cookie, and the other is retrieve a cookie you have already set. Here's a brief tutorial on how to use cookies, and a couple of ideas which you can use cookies for.

There are several different browsers and versions out there, thus you, the programmer, do not know what JavaScript capabilities the user has. Insuring that the scripts you write run in most users browser can be done in a few different ways. One way is to ask the user what browser they are using, via JavaScript, and to then program accourdingly. This tutorial shows you how.

The document object has a last modified date property. This specifys the date the file was last modified on. This can be useful for showing when the page was last modified without having to modify any HTML when you make a change. This tutorial shows how to display the last modified date in several different formats using JavaScript.

This particular design of web-based chat uses variables posted from a form, processes them into HTML and writes them to a file. Put the form and the message file in a frameset and you have something that looks reasonably like a BeSeen chat room. Of course the advantage is, this chat room can be a little more clever than it's BeSeen cousin.

A twist to the good old JavaScript combo box menu, this script renders one that's always visible on the visitor's lower right screen. Take site navigation to the next level! Just updated for NS6+ functionality, plus ability to specify link target.

Village is a 100% Pure Java API that sits on top of the JDBC API. The purpose of this API is to make it easier to interact with a JDBC compliant relational database. By using Village, it is possible to execute and manage select/insert/update/delete SQL statements without having to actually write a single line of SQL. Village can use any valid JDBC Connection object, so it is possible to use Village with a JDBC Connection pool.

The pull down menu is an excellent to condense many links into a small area. In the older days the only way to process a pull-down menu was to use a CGI script, but now you can do it with JavaScript. This tutorial presents several different types of pull-down menus: standard menu, menu with no button, using in frames, and using in a different window.

Jyve is a Java Servlet based FAQ-O-Matic system built on top of the Turbine framework. It uses Element Construction Set for Html generation and Village for JDBC access. Currently, Jyve directly supports the MySQL database, but others can be easily support by creating custom schema's for the appropriate databases.

JavaScript allows you to create (open) new windows. In these windows you can place whatever HTML code you wish, and even have actions in one window effect what is happening in another window. This tutorial explains how to create various types of pop-up windows using JavaScript.

This example uses dynamic HTML and an animated gif to give a butterfly motion across the screen. The example works in both browsers, but it is believed to run better in Netscape 4.0x, to see how the dHTML is done View::Page Source in your browser.

You can use two multiple-select menus to make it easy for someone to create a list, by moving items from one menu to the other. This can be down with three line of JavaScript. Find out how.

Using dynamic HTML layers, you can perform complex full-screen animation without requiring a huge image. This example was made using Macromedia's DreamWeaver.

A website being written with PHP/MySQL. Various areas are being developed for OpenSource contribution. The largest contribution being the FAQ-HOWTO interactive site.

Personal Online Database (POD) is a powerful C++ cgi script to create and manage online databases. The interface to access the database is fully customizable - Write your own html pages completely to your taste or use included templates. Database can be searched and sorted in various modes, password protected on whole file or individual entry level. Add, change, delete entries and administer DB configurations online. The DB is scalable, and its hardware/software failure protection and concurrency handling make it a reliable and high throughput DB application. It supports different data types and can automatically generate counting statistics for individual entries and report errors and statistics by html email. It can also convert existing DB files (in csv format) to format recognized by POD.

Storing frequently used lookup data in a database is a great idea (e.g. order status codes, state names, etc.) that saves tremendous amounts of time in design and maintenance. However, retrieving that data from the database every time it is needed is very inefficient. This article describes how to use Application variables to cache frequently used lookup data in memory to achieve lightning fast access times.

Uniform Price Markets is a PHP4/MySQL-driven futures market game community (which will drive LinuxFutures.com). It features: Varied user levels and permissions, quote submission, discussion, market creation, pricing & analysis, refereeing, and feedback, and Shubik[1976]/Smith[1982] market pricing rules.

The first step to using servlets is installing a web server that supports the Java Servlet SDK. This tutorial exlains how. Topics include: Using Servlets, Obtaining the JSWDK, Installing the JSWDK, Running The Servlet, Examples, and Configuring The JSWDK.

Up2Date is a CGI news system written in Perl and available for free to all. Some of the features of Up2Date are: Ability to extend Up2Date with additional Perl scripts that can be used as plug-ins, Customization of time format and user management out of a single file, and Ability to manage more than one database at once.

Servlets are Java technology's answer to CGI programming; JSP is a technology that lets users mix regular, static HTML with dynamically-generated HTML. This tutorial discusses the basics of Java Servlets and JSP, as well as the advantages of using each of these technologies.