Webmastering For Dummies

Free Webmastering "Cheat Sheet" Inside!

This Is Your Guide to Planning and Producing a Winning Web Site with Fresh, Compelling Content! "Webmaster" means many things to many people. Today's Webmaster may create or produce content, administer a site or a server, or even acquire a budget and then outsource everything. If you're looking for a friendly mentor, then Webmastering For Dummies^® will show you where to start, how to develop strategies, and much more. This is the book the authors wished for when they were starting — chock full of what a Webmaster really needs to know.

Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

• Get on track and stay there, whether you're a Webmaster of all trades or one specializing in content, production, technology, or management
• Promote your site with smarts and get big-time traffic
• Sell your product or service on the Web, with or without your own Web site
• Find out the six possible goals of a Web site, determine your site's goals, and measure your success
• Understand legal bugaboos and avoid pitfalls
• Establish and maintain a bulletproof budget and effective procedures and standards
• Run your own server or deal effectively with an Internet service provider
• Maximize navigation of your site through savvy architecture and solid search capabilities
• Use databases as the backbone of your robust and dynamic Web site

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