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Article: From the Web Master.(meaning of a webmaster)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- PSA Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Photographic Society of America, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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What IS a Webmaster?
Good question, and there are lots of answers! By definition, a "Webmaster" is the administrator of a website. Let's look at what he or she must do:
1. Register and maintain the site's domain name (in our case: psaphoto.org) and insure that payments to the Service Provider (ISP) and to the domain naming authority, are made in a timely manner so the domain remains ours to use.
2. Select and establish technical liaison with the ISP, and know how to use its capabilities. (The pages you see come from the ISP server, not from a personal computer. To get them online requires knowledge of many protocols.)
3. Manage the ...