Mac OS X Web Server Handbook [Paperback]

David L. Hart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 2001

Mac OS X finally makes it possible to run a secure, high-performance, rock-solid reliable Web server with all the simplicity the Macintosh platform has always provided. This book walks you step-by-step through deploying a complete, state-of-the-art Internet server environment using Mac OS X -- covering everything from Web publishing to email services, day-to-day server maintenance to full-fledged e-commerce. The book offers detailed coverage of server software and extensions, including e-commerce solutions; new and updated coverage of Mac OS X-based presentation and publishing tools; extensive treatment of DHTML, XML, and Cascading Style Sheets; and much more. It walks you through deploying Web services, email, list servers, FTP, and other Internet services; demonstrates how to extend your site with databases, community forums, Web cams, and Mac-compatible JavaScript and Java code. David L. Hart also shares practical techniques and guidelines for the day-to-day administration of Mac OS X-based Web sites. For every Web professional interested in running Web sites with Mac OS X.

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From the Back Cover

• Host robust, high-performance Web sites with Mac OS X!
• From the basics to scripting, Web applications, e-commerce, and beyond!
• Expert deployment, security, and administration techniques
• Mac-based e-mail, database services, streaming media, forums, chat, and more
• Covers Apache, iTools, WebSTAR, and other leading Mac OS X Web servers

Deliver powerhouse Web sites and Internet services with Mac OS X!

Mac OS X combines Mac simplicity with rock-solid UNIX foundations—making it an outstanding platform for hosting high-traffic Web sites, delivering volumes of e-mail, and providing virtually any Internet service.Hart, MacCentral Online's long-time Web server columnist, covers everything from basic Web server setup through database integration, XHTML, and XML—even e-commerce. You'll discover today's best Mac OS X-based solutions and techniques for:

• Providing e-mail, FTP, search, and mailing list services
• Deploying community forums, chat, Web cams, and other popular site features
• Providing custom interactivity with Perl, PHP, and other scripting languages
• Implementing effective Web security
• Delivering live and streaming media
• Managing your server and your site
• Establishing an e-commerce storefront, and much more

When it comes to serving up Web and Internet services, why hassle with other operating systems? Mac OS X can do it all—and with the Mac OS X Web Server Handbook, so can you!

About the Author

DAVID L. HART is Manager of External Relations for the San Diego Supercomputer Center, where he supervises creative professionals who produce Web sites, press releases, newsletters, and publications for SDSC and the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure. Hart writes a regular column on Mac Web servers for MacCentral Online. His previous Prentice Hall books include The Cross-Platform Mac Handbook and The Mac OS 8 Web Server Cookbook (with Philip Bourne).

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition (May 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130327158
• ISBN-13: 978-0130327154
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,464,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Computers & Technology > Apple > Mac Administration

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a handbook, not about Web servers, May 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Mac OS X Web Server Handbook (Paperback)

This is a classic puff piece of a book. There is very little real, practical information provided. Most of the material has little or nothing to do about Mac OS X specifically, and the little there is will not prove helpful, except to provide the most basic overview of Mac OS X. The only people who should buy this book would be those who are not very conversant with even the basics of the Internet. For example, if you need an entire chapter devoted to Web _browsers_, then buy this book. The only redeeming feature about this book is that the writing is not too bad, for a technical book, but the marketing is downright deceptive. This book is not a handbook, and contains material that only tangentially concerns Mac OS X, to no practical good effect.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mac OS X Web Server Handbook - the web server part.., October 31, 2001

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Jared D. Matfess "J-Rod" (Ellington, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mac OS X Web Server Handbook (Paperback)

I picked up this book, because as you can probably guess.. I am planning on running the Apache Server so I can develop web applications and test them on my local machine. Either I misread the back, or I thought this book was going to teach me everything about setting up and developing on a web server.. however the author tends to just glide over the good stuff and spend oodles of time telling you about the millions of things you can add to your server, but fails to go into any real detail on anything. Oh well, live and learn.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Controversy, January 30, 2002

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Michael (Mexico.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mac OS X Web Server Handbook (Paperback)

Actually, this book is a controversy.

It looks like people really liked it or hated it. And this depends on whether what they were looking for was in this book or not.

The book's title is misleading because the book will NOT teach you how to actually manage a Mac web server.

Instead, it will tell you everything you need to know about Mac servers and will give you weblinks to deepens your search.

I didnot know anything about Mac server and now, I am pretty knowledgeable about all possible options to choose from for how to use a Mac server.

What I really appreciated was the panel of options Hart describes of web software.

This is a general book with only horizontal knowledge.

A great first time user's book!!!