mjs416 — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:57:11 +0000

andy206uk wrote: In my opinion, a webmaster is someone who manages a website. I don't think they have to know HTML at all, as nowadays there are plenty of good CMS systems that allow people to work on a site without knowing any code at all! As long as you know what you need to know to keep your site updated/fresh then as far as I'm concerned you are the webmaster for the site.

according to dictionary.com

Notice the inclusion of the word OR as opposed to AND.

andy206uk — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:24:27 +0000

In my opinion, a webmaster is someone who manages a website. I don't think they have to know HTML at all, as nowadays there are plenty of good CMS systems that allow people to work on a site without knowing any code at all! As long as you know what you need to know to keep your site updated/fresh then as far as I'm concerned you are the webmaster for the site.

according to dictionary.com

Quote: web·mas·ter - A person whose occupation is designing, developing, marketing, or maintaining websites.

antoshka — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:13:57 +0000

if someone inherited a website?.. ok, beats me

Lunch[box] — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:32:59 +0000

In my opinion knowing HTML, PHP, ASP or any other language does not in ANY way make you a so-called "webmaster".

A webmaster is someone who designs, builds, and maintains a web site(s). Whether someone builds a site in raw HTML or uses some sort of software to build it, they have created a website. If they contiue by maintaining this site, then they are a webmaster.

Code is only education.... Being able to properly use it requires skill.

Abhishek Reddy — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:23:24 +0000

What about someone who isn't proficient in HTML and hasn't built the site, but has inherited responsibility for managing, running and perhaps even updating it?

Moving this to Webmaster's Corner too.

antoshka — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 05:18:03 +0000

i would define a 'webmaster' as a person who has built (from bottom up) and is maintaining at least one website. for me 'webmaster' is more like 'website owner'. isn't that the original meaning of the word?

Renegade — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:49:49 +0000

Thats the thing, the usage of the term "Webmaster" isn't clear.

So many different people have so many different definitions for the word...

Abhishek Reddy — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:30:27 +0000

I've always understood "webmaster" in a similar way to how I interpret "designer" or "engineer". It's one of those general terms that vaguely refers to some kind of skill or field. It's more useful when the context of usage is clear.

Mark Hensler — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:25:00 +0000

I'll agree with Megan's definition too. Similarly, the postmaster is in charge of keeping the mail server opperational.

Megan — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:48:37 +0000

But he's in charge of that site. He's the webmaster of joeshmoe.com. That's all. Doesn't mean it has to be good.

In this business, some piece of paper from an "educational institution" doesn't make someone a competent web-(insert term here). Just had to add that. A lot of those programs are really far removed from reality of the job.

Sure, anyone who has a site can call themselves a "webmaster". Doesn't mean they have to be good or "competent" as we may define it.