Berners-Lee calls for higher purpose of Web | Cutting Edge CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the underpinnings of the World Wide Web, isn't just concerned about getting browsers on more mobile devices. Architects of the Web need to consider how it will affect all humanity as it evolves. Berners-Lee was one of the speakers here this afternoon at Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything, a conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In his talk, Berners-Lee reprised his role in writing the protocols now used on the Web and how a few chance encounters led to the World Wide Web Consortium being first located at MIT. But even as engineers hammer out the next version of HTML, they have a duty to fulfill a weighty social purpose of the Web, he said. "The challenge before us is getting everyone involved. The Web should serve to connect more people and bridge cultural gaps and misunderstandings among people, Berners-Lee said.
What is CGI and How To Use Your CGI-BIN CGI Tutorial and Perl Introduction for Beginners A lot of people have Web pages but most feel that CGI scripts are "over their head". Nonsense! If you know basic HTML and know how to use an FTP program like WS_FTP to transfer files, chances are you can be using a CGI script on your Web pages in about 15 minutes. * Note: Java is not a scripting language. Even though the script code for PHP, ColdFusion, and ASP is embedded in the HTML code, it's not visible at the browser (when using View/Source). 1. If the answer to both of these questions is "Yes", you're good to go. "Server-Side Includes" are just that, commands (aka "directives") to the Web server to include some information the server has in the displayed Web page. Back to your CGI situation. Big-bucks setup, right? One way to tell if you have CGI capability is if you have a sub-directory (folder) in your root Web directory called cgi-bin. If you don't have a cgi-bin sub-directory that doesn't necessarily mean you don't have CGI capability. Top of page Top of page <body> <!