The URL for the STAR computing web home page is http://www.star.bnl.gov/computing.

See the web information page for information on where web files actually reside on disk, what form URLs should take, etc. The bulk of the web documents reside on AFS under /afs/rhic/star/doc/www. Torre Wenaus is the webmaster but all collaborators are urged to participate in developing and maintaining web documentation, and many do.

There are STAR logos and other images in the images directory.

A template for web pages is here. If you use it, edit the header material appropriately.

See the individuals' web page for information on creating a personal web area of your own in your RCF account.

Web pages directory

Web development

• Some web editors
  • emacs with W3 extension for editing raw HTML. Who to ask: Torre Wenaus
  • Netscape browser, free and GUI-based, and even available on Unix.
  • Microsoft FrontPage Express is a free, easy to use GUI based editor for Windows. Comes with Internet Explorer.
  • Microsoft FrontPage is a more sophisticated version that you have to pay for. There's a Mac version too. Who to ask: Doug Olson
  • Adobe PageMill is another sophisticated GUI based one you have to pay for. Free trial. It is available for Mac and Windows.
• HTML and web development references
  • W3C HTML info
  • Netscape's HTML reference
  • Free web page validation services: HTML Validator, Doctor HTML, WebTech
  • Color names understood by Netscape and Internet Explorer
  • W3C: the web standardization body
  • WebReference
  • builder.com from CNet
  • Netscape developer site
  • Apache web server
• Next-generation web: using the web for data: XML
  • Netscape's Mozilla project to develop the next-generation browser as free software
  • W3C data formats: XML and RDF and using the web for exchanging structured data
  • W3C info page on XML, the much more capable successor to HTML
  • SGML/XML web page
  • Expat XML parser (J. Clark)