Planning and Managing Web Sites on the Macintosh: The Complete Guide to Webstar and Machttp [Paperback]

Jon Wiederspan (Author), Chuck Shotton (Author)

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Publication Date: December 27, 1995

An Insider's Handbook on the Premiere Macintosh Web Server At the heart of every World-Wide Web site is an HTTP server, serving home pagesand other files to Web browsers. On the MacintoshA (R), the most popular HTTPservers are WebSTAR and its shareware predecessor, MacHTTP. Now, expertWebmaster Jon Wiederspan teams with Chuck Shotton, the creator of WebSTAR andMacHTTP, to show you everything you need to know to use these servers to theirbest advantage. Focusing on administration, Planning and Managing Web Sites on theMacintosh will guide you through the process of installing andconfiguring your server for easy maintenance, top performance, and security. Anextensive and comprehensive section on CGI (Common Gateway Interface)applications will walk you through installing and using common CGI applicationsfor imagemaps and forms. There are thorough instructions on how to write yourown CGI applications in both AppleScript and C, as well as guides for otherlanguages. You'll see how to create guestbooks and page hit counters, how touse sever-push, and how to troubleshoot your CGI applications.In these pages, Wiederspan and Shotton share tips and tricks every Web siteadministrator should know, including how to: *avoid common mistakes in site design *provide network and data security *deal with robots and other Internet pests *use vital CGI applications *create high-speed servers using multiple Macs *design scripts that control WebSTAR. The CD-ROM contains a time-limited version of WebSTAR 1.2.2, CGI applicationsand sample source code for five different languages, a plethora of usefulutilities, demonstration versions of Timbuktu Pro and other key applications,and documentation on Internet protocols and services. In short, you'll findeverything you need to set up and administer a Web site on the Mac. 0201479575B04062001

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Wiederspan has been a world-recognized guru of Macintosh WWW software and site administration for years, and wrote one of the first WYSIWIG HTML editors. Now he teams with Chuck Shotton -- creator of WebSTAR and MacHTTP -- to teach you everything you know to set up a Mac-based WWW site. Includes a strong chapter on writing CGI applications in AppleScript, C and other languages, and a CD-ROM with WebStar and everything else you need to set up and effectively administer a Mac WWW site. Recommended.

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Administer web sites on the Mac using this guide to Macintosh-oriented HTTP services. This covers installation, configuration, and use of servers, examining issues ranging from set-up to security and providing an accompanying CDROM which includes utilities and source code. An excellent Mac guide to web interactions. -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company (December 27, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201479575
• ISBN-13: 978-0201479577
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,972,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good book for 1996...but not 2000, November 1, 2000

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This review is from: Planning and Managing Web Sites on the Macintosh: The Complete Guide to Webstar and Machttp (Paperback)

In brief, this book has not been updated since 1996. Much of its information (and the contents of the companion CD-ROM) is sorely outdated.

The introductory chapters, which give an encapsulated history of the Internet and the Web (and all the terminology that goes with it), are interesting. But after that, it's basically an abridged Webstar 1.2 manual. The latter chapters on CGI scripting are still helpful.

Those interested in specifically learning about running and managing your own site server are better off going online or just reading the current Webstar manual.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a "must have" for Macintosh webmasters!, September 16, 1996

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This review is from: Planning and Managing Web Sites on the Macintosh: The Complete Guide to Webstar and Machttp (Paperback)

If you are run a Mac web server, or are thinking about it, this
book is a "must have". It has all the details you need to
run a high performance Mac web site, including many tricks,
techniques, and programming examples. Very well written and
it's by the author of MacHTTP and WebSTAR and one of the
most respected Mac webmasters and site engineers.