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Managing Web Servers: The Technical, Fiscal and Personnel Issues

 Length:

Full-Day

Description:

This workshop will be conducted by a team of webmasters. It's a workshop dealing with the practical and necessary issues of managing a successful Web server. Key areas to be covered will include: server basics, types of server software, platforms and directory & file structure; server tools, how to convert various formats to HTML, maintain and update links, determine usage statistics, create interactive maps, edit global parameters and  manage graphics; security issues ; protecting the data on your server; personnel issues; what can be done by the computer, what needs the "human touch" and determining FTE server support;  fiscal issues; analyzing start-up and ongoing costs; policy issues; access, quality control, types of information; and accountability ; what are the issues, trade-offs and pitfalls.

Participants can expect to receive a wealth of practical information on all aspects of managing a successful Web server. This information will also include a workbook  detailing the topics covered within the workshop and including an annotated bibliography, glossary and a selected list of  URLs.

This workshop will be particularly useful to people contemplating setting up a server for their department or organization, but who are not sure where to begin the process.


Prerequisites:

None

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