By Jennifer Kyrnin

Dateline: 10/26/1998

In order to celebrate my first year as an About.com Guide, I will give away some books on HTML and Web Development. Three lucky winners will get to choose from the following books:

• Web Publisher's Design Guide for Windows by Mary Jo Fahey
• Marketing Online for Dummies by Bud Smith and Frank Catalano
• Setting Up an Internet Site for Dummies by Jason Coombs, Ted Coombs, David Crowder, and Rhonda Crowder
• Selling Online for Dummies by Leslie Heeter Lundquist
• Style Sheets for HTML and XML by Frank Boumphrey
• XML by Elliotte Rusty Harold
• Using JavaScript by Andrew Wooldridge, Mike Morgan, Mark C. Reynolds, and Jerry Honeycutt
• HTML Sourcebook by Ian S. Graham
• Dynamic HTML Unleashed by Rick Darnell, et al.

The Rules

1. Answer the following questions as correctly as possible. All questions will have answers somewhere on the HTML Web site.



2. Answers should be posted to the HTML Bulletin Board.



3. Answer as many questions as you can in the same posting.



4. Include your name and email address in the posting.



5. The first three people to answer the most number of questions correctly will win their choice of one of several books on HTML and Web Development.



6. All entries should be posted to the bulletin board by October 31, 1998. Times will be recorded by the bulletin board program itself (EST, I believe).



7. All winners will be chosen by me, and, in the event of a tie, answers that are creative and show individuality will win.



8. I will notify the winners via email and make an announcement to the Bulletin Board.



9. A bonus award will be given to the person who most creatively answers the two bonus questions, even if all the original questions were not answered correctly.

The Questions

1. How many months of archives do I have for the Tip of the Day?
2. Counting this article, how many have I written for the HTML Web site?
3. When can I usually be found in the chat room?
4. Name six things that I find annoying in Web page design.
5. Does it say on this site where I work during the day? If yes, where do I work?
6. What is the last conference I attended?
7. What is my favorite HTML editor? Where did you find that answer?
8. Name the article that explains how to use in-line frames.
9. What is the date of my birthday and where did you find the information on this site?
10. What was the date that I first started writing for About.com?
11. According to one article, 50% of those surveyed use this HTML editor, name the editor.
12. What is a drawback I mentioned to using a submission service to promote your Web site?
13. In my article on HTML validators, what validators did I evaluate? Name three other validators besides those in the article.
14. What is the next event coming up?
15. What is the name of my newsletter?
16. What is the newest collection of links called?
17. Where can you go to get the latest HTML news on this Web site?
18. How many "favorite Web sites" are listed?
19. What are three pages you can go to on this site to get information about Web jobs? And three pages off of this site?
20. How is XML like HTML? How is it different?
21. There is one site that I consider is one of the best on the net, what is it?
22. Name three ways to make money using your Web site.
23. What are two books that I've reviewed for this site?
24. What does HIA mean?
25. Who won the June contest?
26. Am I a member of a Web ring?
27. What was the first day of the Tip of the Day?
28. What is my nick name in the chat room?
29. What is the ranking for the Tips?
30. What editors do I list in my editor survey?



31. bonus question: Which book would you choose from the above list and why?



32. bonus question: Why do you deserve to win this contest?

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