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Subject:Free stuff, hot content @ HtmlBasedHelp.com From:"Weisner Associates Inc." <info -at- WEISNER -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:59:36 -0600
Visit www.htmlbasedhelp.com this month to enter a drawing for one FREE registration to the JavaHelp JumpStart Conference (May 3, Burlingame, CA). The conference, which is produced by WinWriters, in consultation with Weisner Associates, is a great opportunity for help authors and Java programmers to get invaluable information about this exciting new standard. You can win a non-transferable registration, valued at $495, simply by filling out the form at www.htmlbasedhelp.com/free.html. (You will, of course, be responsible for any travel and lodging costs.)
You can also read all about how Stewart Walker, Dolphin Communication Services, pulled together a context-sensitive HTML-based help system using Active Server Pages and Virtual Media's IntraWeb Java applet at www.htmlbasedhelp.com/howto/asphelp/index.html.
Then there's Char James-Tanney's incisive comparison of versions 1 and 2 of Blue Sky's WebHelp at www.htmlbasedhelp.com/pov/webhelp.html.
And check out Mark Dempsey's review of version 2.0 of Macromedia's Dreamweaver HTML authoring tool at www.htmlbasedhelp.com/pov/dreamweaver.html.
Hope you find the info useful, and don't be a stranger!