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Sean,

You've asked some good questions -- it took me a months to figure out
the true meaning behind the hints these folks have given you. That
learning curve is a bitch -- but I have a backup plan when all this
doesn't quite yet make sense: It probably wouldn't hurt to pick up a
copy of DNS and BIND from O'Reilly press. Yeah, about 3/4 of the book
doesn't remotely apply to your setup at this time (being on a Mac,
using QDNS and Webstar), but you would have probably the best
reference on the whole topic to date. And, you could use it to learn
a great deal more about the whole DNS world. This should be the
first next book you buy.

The folks on this list are usually excellent, but their answers will
always lead to one more question. You may also find these to be
relatively useful references:

Webmaster in a Nutshell -- O'Reilly press (again -- I'm not in bed
with these folks, I just think they publish the only books I'll spend
money on without ever thinking twice). A good desktop reference if
you do a lot of site development, or have a staff that does. This is
the second book you should buy. This is the second book you should
buy.

MacOS 8 web server cookbook -- a bit dated, but much of its
information is still either useful or interesting from a historical
perspective. This should be the third book you buy.

And while I've wandered into the semi-OT world,

Others to flesh out the rest of that shelf:

You might also find two of the pocket references OReilly puts out
handy: HTML and XML

HTML4 visual quickstart -- Peachpit press, author=castro. Good reference

Photoshop in a Nutshell -- OReilly (awaiting the version 6, but my
version 4 is still handled a lot)

and alternative: Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Web Design (with imageready2
and golive 4 -- Adobe Press, by Baumgardt -- handy if your designers
start out websites with these tools.

AppleScript for the Internet visual quickstart -- Peachpit press, by
Wilde. If you run a Mac for anything other than using Microsoft
office for memos or bowling league stats, Filemaker pro for your
recipe book, or Quicken to keep your checkbook, you likely understand
that there is a programming language called Applescript -- and you
might even want to know some of what it can do for you. There is
power out there, and you don't have to code C++ to take advantage of
it

There are a lot of other graphic design books I recommend, but we've
really wandered OT already.

BTW, if you want more info on how to get these texts, drop me a note off-list.

paul

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