Web Server Handbook, The

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.