WebMaster Macintosh, Second Edition: How to Build Your Own World-Wide Web Server Without Really Trying

by Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus, Jeff Evans

In this second edition of the best-selling WebMaster Macintosh, every aspect of this fun and easy-to-read guide for turning a Macintosh into a World Wide Web server has been updated. Readers get the newest information on software, HTML editors, tools, and applications. Not only is the text completely updated -- with the authors' immensely entertaining and witty style in tact -- but the CD-ROM has also been completely overhauled to include new shareware and freeware which users will find extremely helpful.

* Includes a CD-ROM with all the shareware and freeware needed to set up a Web site, including a demo of WebSTAR server software, HTML editors, graphic tools, CGIs, scripting additions, and more
* Covers the nuts and bolts for connecting with an Internet service provider
* Describes all the setup and configuration information needed for a Web server, including important and new details about security, clickable maps and buttons, client-server architecture, and CGIs (common gateway interfaces) and how they connect to common database applications
* Contains everything needed to write great HTML code for Web page design
* Provides a wealth of WebMaster information, such as useful Internet mailing lists, newsgroups, key Web site locations, and pointers to Internet resources every WebMaster would need
* Features interviews with successful WebMasters

525 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus is the longtime technology columnist for The Houston Chronicle as well as a regular contributor to The Mac Observer. He is author or co-author of over 75 books including multiple editions of macOS For Dummies, iPhone For Dummies, iPad For Dummies, and GarageBand For Dummies. Bob also has a strong background in music, both as a professional commercial producer in an earlier career and currently as a hobbyist. His website, Working Smarter for Mac Users, helps readers become more efficient, accomplish more in less time, and avoid procrastination so they can focus on doing the things they love.