Overview
- 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.
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