The Web Server Book: Tools and Techniques for Building Your Own Internet Information Site - Softcover

Magid, Jonathan; Jones, Paul M.; Matthews, R. Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566042348 ISBN 13: 9781566042345

Publisher: Ventana Press,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

A book/CD-ROM set that includes everything necessary to transform a PC or UNIX workstation into an Internet publishing center. The CD-ROM includes the software needed to create a Web server on a UNIX workstation, as well as on Linux, a multitasking, UNIX-compatible operating system. The book teaches how to use these tools to create a secure and professional-looking presence on the Web. Assumes a basic understanding of UNIX and use of a computer that runs UNIX and has a direct Internet connection. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

This guide describes the necessary steps for providing information via the Internet and the World Wide Web, giving readers the tools to put up a server quickly and easily. Topics covered range from set-up to content to security issues. Chapters cover: the information revolution, advantages of using the Internet rather than other media, the Net structure and serving with UNIX; explaining the World Wide Web, hypertext media, URLs, servers and browsers; setting up NCSA httpd, configuations, setting up CERN httpd and proxy/caching; Internet security, firewalls and what to do if your security has been broken; providing content - rtftohtml, what RTF is and how to use it; checking your work, Chimera and/or tkwww, lynx, mime-typing, file types and compression; images, sound, movies and animation - gif vs. jpeg, resolution, colour, transparency, imagemaps, sources for art, au, wav, mpeg2, speed, rate, frequency, presention, Quicktime, ImageMagick and video capture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ventana Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566042348
• ISBN 13: 9781566042345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 680