Webmaster Macintosh: How to Build Your Own World-Wide Server Without Really Trying/Book and Cd-Rom

by Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus, Jeff Evans

This book is a fast and easy guide for turning your Macintosh into a World Wide Web site. With this book and the enclosed CD-ROM, you can create your own Web page in a matter of a brief overview of the origin and rapid growth of the World Wide Web; the nuts and bolts details you need to connect with your Internet provider; everything you need to know to write great HTML code for Web page design; all the setup and configuration information you need for your Web server, including important details about security, clickable maps and buttons, client-server architecture, and CGIs (common gateway interfaces) and how they connect to common database applications; interviews with WebMasters such as Chuck Shotton, developer of WebSTAR (formerly MacHTTP); a WebMaster Web site that will keep you up to date with all the latest tools, applications, and Web resources at your fingertips; a wealth of WebMaster information, such as useful Internet mailing lists, newsgroups, key Web site locations, and pointers to every Internet resource a WebMaster would ever need; and all the tips you need to maximize your Web site's performance, as well as how to announce it to the world.
And if that's not enough...CD-ROM enclosed.

299 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.