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Where does everyone get their information on how to create and
maintain a web site?  I am concidering Linux and Apache on a 486/33
with a 56 Kb dedicated line to our Internet host.  Is this field just
a trial and error one, or is there a set of books or classes that
helps you manage your systems?

You may notice that my address is a military one. With budget cuts and
the way military management feels about IS personnel, we can count on
getting no training and no more money.

I'm no idiot though.  I have written C code on DEC stations and the
X-Windows hooks to go with it.  I have put a Novell LAN together from
cardboard boxes.  I completely redisigned our LAN to move from 10base2
to 10baseT durring a physical move from one building to another.  All
this was self taught.

I have taught myself some basic HTML by downloading and looking at
others pages.  I am still in the dark when it comes to fancy
formatting, tables, and forms.  I can't even begin to do any CGI
programming.  What is a poor "Web-anything-but-master" to do?

Quote:>Where does everyone get their information on how to create and
>maintain a web site?  I am concidering Linux and Apache on a 486/33
>with a 56 Kb dedicated line to our Internet host.  Is this field just
>a trial and error one, or is there a set of books or classes that
>helps you manage your systems?

There's tons of books out there, but IMHO, they're all a waste of money.
For one thing, most of them are Netscape-centric.  Nothing annoys me like
a site that demands I use a specific browser - a professional web design
includes browser independence.

However, there are many tutorials out on the Web you can peruse for free.
A _huge_ one is 'The Web Masters Page', at
http://www.veryComputer.com/~boba/masters1.html
(last time I checked, anyways)

Jason
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The web site includes sample chapters from several books and the table
of contents is available on-line. I suspect the indexes are there too.
Good when you need to decide which of their twenty or so X-Windows
books you need.

I have a dozen or so of these handbooks for everything from VI to
JAVA.

Quote:>There is a pretty good ISP FAQ, which was written by a self-taught ISP
>guy. It is actually fairly accurate technically, and contains several
>intelligent discussions of alternatives.
>     David's Amazing Internet Services: Internet Provider Resources
>     http://www.amazing.com/internet/
>     Internet Access FAQ
>     http://www.amazing.com/internet/faq.html
>Other than this, the quickest way to get a Web site up and running with
>lotsa tools is to install one of the Linux distributions, typically
>either Debian or RedHat. The FreeBSD distribution is also fairly simple
>and comprehensive.