Webmasters
Credo:"Others surf; I make the waves."
Updated July 24, 1996.
The skill level above Webwriter is a Webmaster. The Webmaster is a communication specialist needing the conceptual knowledge of radio, television and print publishing merged with the skills of a professional educator, computer programmer and business manager. Since but a very few have all of these skills, a Webmaster must be a team builder. The Webmaster is responsible for the creation and management of the server software, the software that responds to the requests of the client software (e.g., a browser such as Netscape). Those wishing to do forms and interactive maps and graphics will need some introductory Webmaster skills, but a Webmaster is concerned with a wide range of Internet server tools: web server, gopher, listserv and netnews (computer email conferencing) administration, FTP (file transfer processes), remote server management, file access analysis, site security and so forth.
Bibliography
Dennis Woo, Ray Cole, Webmaster: An Introduction to Electronic Publishing on the Global Internet, 1995: Telos Publishing. ISBN 0-387-94433-8. Available, July, 1995. Telos Publishing, their Web site for ordering.
Morris, Mary E. S. (1995)HTML: for Fun and Profit, SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. ISBN 0-13-359290-1 (Comes with CD)
A Longer Current Bibliography.
Macweek,
NOVEMBER 13, 1995 / VOLUME 9 NUMBER 45, Ten essential steps for setting up a Web site.
Obtain the Web Server Software and Learn how to use it
Features in Web servers change quickly so check the company home pages regularly. Remember, "one year on the Internet is equal to seven human years."
Advanced Skills
- Designing Web Pages for Search System Visibility
- Domain Name Registration
- Publicizing Your Web Site
- Web Databases
- CGIs and Forms allow two way information flow across a web page, from a forms page to a CGI, to an email account or to a database and back again. This can involve a certain amount of programming, but not necessarily. Information on the essential CGI's can be found on this page as well.
- Netscape Frames tutorial and an overview of frame tags.
- To do forms and interactive maps and graphics you will need some scripting skills. Apple Scripting Tools is aimed at Apple Webmasters. If you run a server on a Mac, this site is for you.
- To carry out this advanced work, you will need contacts to move you past the bugs and problems along the way. Apple Internet Developers not only links to people but also to resources and tutorials.
- There are many other server tools to keep on your server systems besides the server software. Let me know of others as you become aware of them. Campus people can ask for me to put my copies on a campus drive if you would like. Use net search engines to search for and download:
- Webstat
- Chronograph
- MacImage-Map
- WebMap
MapServe freeware CGI, which supports clickable maps.
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