Synopsis
A guide to building a Web site on a home computer. Includes basic information on the Internet and World Wide Web, and more extensive detail on service providers, accounts, Web server fundamentals, data communications services, domain name and IP address, and setting up Web servers for UNIX, Windows, or Macintosh. It also addresses layout and design, sound, compatibility, doing business on the Web, advertising, CGI programs, and security and maintenance. The appendices are quick reference guides for HTML, UNIX, and Perl; information on networks and TCP/IP; and an overview of the CD, which includes the four most popular web servers. Well-indexed. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
About the Author
PETE PALMER is a graduate of Ohio State University. He has been a technical writer and programmer in the mainframe computer industry for the past nine years. When not working with computers, he enjoys watching trains with his daughters.
ADAM SCHNEIDER graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz and does research in cognitive psychology. He also does independent consulting of various kinds, specializing in Macintosh applications. In his spare time, Adam fiddles with his guitar and looks for any excuse to play softball.
ANNE CHENETTE has a degree in Russian language and a minor in computer science. She has been a technical writer and UNIX system administrator for 13 years, and has been an active member of the Internet community since 1984. Anne's claims to fame include tap-dancing on the radio and conducting the Minnesota Orchestra.
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