Planning and Managing Web Sites on the Macintosh: The Complete Guide to WebStar and MacHTTP (Paperback)

by Jon Wiederspan (Author), Chuck Shotton (Author)

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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 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,776,274 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

By	paulyboy "paulyboynyc" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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 Much of its information (and the contents of the companion CD-ROM) is sorely outdated.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

By A Customer

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.