Description: At the heart of every World-Wide Web site is an HTTP server, serving home pages and other files to Web browsers. On the Macintosh, the most popular HTTP servers are WebSTAR and its shareware predecessor, MacHTTP. Now, expert Webmaster Jon Wiederspan teams with Chuck Shotton, the creator of WebSTAR and MacHTTP, to show you everything you need to know to use these servers to their best advantage. Focusing on administration, Planning and Managing Web Sites on the Macintosh will guide you through the process of installing and configuring your server for easy maintenance, top performance, and security. An extensive and comprehensive section on CGI (Common Gateway Interface) applications will walk you through installing and using common CGI applications for imagemaps and forms. There are thorough instructions on how to write your own CGI applications in both AppleScript and C, as well as guides for other languages. You'll see how to create guestbooks and page hit counters, how to use server-push, and how to troubleshoot your CGI applications. In these pages, Wiederspan and Shotton share tips and tricks every Web site administrator 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, and design scripts that control WebSTAR. The CD-ROM contains a time-limited version of WebSTAR 1.2.2, CGI applications and sample source code for five different languages, a plethora of useful utilities, demonstration versions of Timbuklu 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.

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