What is a Webmaster 4

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"I find a web master is who knows content about development and design both. However maynot be as proficient in design but should be in development." - nishant

"A Webmaster is someone who oversees the whole website. This could include any number of things from graphic design to server work. The word master insinuates that you know more than others but if you are in control and overseeing a website than you would know more than others about that particular site." - Christi

"As the title relates to me it involves all aspects of running, maintaining and publishing a website. These are two articles I wrote regarding 1. What a Webmaster does and the Tools I use: http://mikescomputerinfo.com/sprytemp1.htm 2.Securing the website from attacks from Hackers, spammers and spambots: http://mikescomputerinfo.com/sprytempspambot.htm I started this site in 2001 and it now has 700+ static pages and over 1500+ files and images. I maintain and update this site with no other help." - Mike

"A Webmaster should have skills in management, design, development, and maintenance. A webmaster might work with a team of specialists. I think of a Webmaster as a producer/director. A webmaster turns the vision into the finished product and manages future changes. " - Terri

"A webmaster functions as a digital publisher and editor, typically two different positions in the print world. Publisher is defined as, 'One that is engaged in publishing printed material'. Editor is defined as, 'One who edits, especially as an occupation'. A print publisher works in picas, points, and CYMK, while the webmaster works in pixels, ems, and RGB. Print uses columns and page breaks, and markup languages uses divs and tables – and so on." - Gary

"A person who can both develop a site (without recourse to WYSIWYG) and maintain it." - Rob

The executive manager of a website." - Gary

"I agree with the terms "the title Webmaster should be placed upon the person that is responsible for the website in it's entirety." It should be covers from concepts, design, programming, user experiences, SEO etc." - Defy

"A UNIX guy somewhere in a cave just constantly tweaking the Apache web server, and churning html code when time allows." - Mike

"The person who created and maintained the website for which she holds the title." - Carol

"I don't think you can pin down a webmaster as knowing a certain language only the language or languages that are required to run a certain web site. And that webmaster should also be the architectural manager. In a team of developers/programmers, the webmaster should be the one who is in change of all the developers/programmers. In other words the webmaster is the person in charge of the technical site of web development. I also don't think the webmaster needs to be involved with the building o..." - Ben

"the person with overall responsibility for the entire web site" - Peter

"Someone who creates a web site and maintains it" - Bill

"Because the word "master" is attached, it seems appropriate to expect a webmaster to oversee all aspects of the 'web.' This would include web site design/deveopment, and everything connected to publish and maintain a site on the web, which means web servers also. I agree that the term has undergone a shift in duties over the last few years. Companies are trying to economize, so they want IT people who are cross-trained in web programming and repair/maintenance. I don't know if this will involve" - Maura

"In my case the webmaster is the one who built it, meta tagged it, submitted it over and over, sweated through the learning curve of being old and new fangled gadgets like FrontPage and Dreamweaver and to this day finds it necessary to constantly fiddle with it whether it needs it or not. Oh and by the way the one that does all the serverside maintenance. php mail this and mail that, domain renwal etc etc etc." - Todd

"A webmaster should not only be a first rate web designer, but he should also be able to look at code written by others and understand it so that he can be responsible for maintaining a web site. Above all he should be comfortable with hand coding. Any one can "design" a web page with a template. Leonardo DaVinci didn't paint the Mona Lisa with a paint by number canvas and neither should the webmaster." - Richard

"My first position in this industry was that of "Web Producer", which I felt was just a vague as "Webmaster". At the time, I knew HTML, I was very experienced in using Photoshop and its related programs, and I had created a few websites on my own, but I wasn't quite a developer nor was I a web designer (mostly in the eyes of those that had gone to school for those titles, while I was self-taught). Today I am experienced in CSS and interested in learning DHTML and AJAX." - Thomas

"The webmaster does it all." - Bob

"A Webmaster is one who builds and maintains the website, and for me includes design and coding." - Ken

"I believe that a webmaster is someone who maintains the site, fixes any problems that may arise on the server and can answer most if not all questions regarding website problems, server problems, etc.... In my eyes a web designer is someone who solely creates and maintains a website." - John

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