MAC OS X Web Server Handbook

Summary

• Host robust, high-performance Web sites with Mac OS X!
• From the basics to scripting, Web applications, e-commerce, and beyond!
• Expert deployment, security, and administration techniques
• Mac-based e-mail, database services, streaming media, forums, chat, and more
• Covers Apache, iTools, WebSTAR, and other leading Mac OS X Web servers

Deliver powerhouse Web sites and Internet services with Mac OS X!

Mac OS X combines Mac simplicity with rock-solid UNIX foundations—making it an outstanding platform for hosting high-traffic Web sites, delivering volumes of e-mail, and providing virtually any Internet service. Best of all, since it's a Mac, you don't need years of training—just the Mac OS X Web Server Handbook and the up-to-the-minute updates at the book's Web site: http://hart-mac.sdsc.edu/Handbook/

David L. Hart, MacCentral Online's long-time Web server columnist, covers everything from basic Web server setup through database integration, XHTML, and XML—even e-commerce. You'll discover today's best Mac OS X-based solutions and techniques for:

• Providing e-mail, FTP, search, and mailing list services
• Deploying community forums, chat, Web cams, and other popular site features
• Providing custom interactivity with Perl, PHP, and other scripting languages
• Implementing effective Web security
• Delivering live and streaming media
• Managing your server and your site
• Establishing an e-commerce storefront, and much more

When it comes to serving up Web and Internet services, why hassle with other operating systems? Mac OS X can do it all—and with the Mac OS X Web Server Handbook, so can you!